A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Gorontalo in Indonesia on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 268.744 km (167 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 268.744 km, 123.3949° East, 0.3567° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/08/25 / 2025-08-12 02:14:09 / August 12, 2025 @ 2:14 am. Event id: us6000r00b. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r00b. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:14:09 / 2:14 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (26 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gorontalo. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 42 km ESE of Gorontalo, Indonesia.

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