A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Bitung in Indonesia on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/08/25 / 2025-08-15 03:31:58 / August 15, 2025 @ 3:31 am. The temblor was reported at 03:31:58 / 3:31 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000r0wd. Event ids that are associated: us6000r0wd. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 75.386 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 125.5968 East, latitude 1.0714 North, depth = 75.386 km.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tomohon, Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Tondano. Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (39 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Tondano (c. 33 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Tomohon (c. 27 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (c. 8 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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