A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Bitung in Indonesia. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000r1ux. Unique identifier: us6000r1ux. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 71.436 km, 125.5658° East, 1.1373° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/08/25 / 2025-08-18 10:05:18 / August 18, 2025 @ 10:05 am. The temblor was detected at 10:05:18 / 10:05 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 71.436 km (44 miles).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Manado (c. 451 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Tondano (c. 33 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Tomohon (c. 27 600 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (c. 8 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manado, Tomohon, Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 59 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia.

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