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Thursday, Dec 18, 2025 05:50 | 36 mins ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor

World map showing volcanoes with shallow (less than 50 km) earthquakes within 20 km radius during the past 24 hours on 18 Dec 2025 Number in brackets indicate nr of quakes.

Quakes detected near: Akagi (3 quakes between mag 0.1-1.0), Aso (9 quakes between mag 0.3-3.0), Barva (1 quake mag 1.4), Biliran (1 quake mag 2.0), Cerro Singüil (1 quake mag 3.3), Clear Lake (52 quakes between mag 0.4-2.1)
Coso (4 quakes between mag 0.6-3.0), El Chichón (12 quakes between mag 2.1-2.9), Etna (9 quakes between mag 0.7-2.1), Heiðarsporðar (8 quakes between mag 0.2-2.1), Hekla (1 quake mag 1.2), Ijen (1 quake mag 2.6), Izu-Tobu (2 quakes between mag 0.8-1.6), Kawah Kamojang (1 quake mag 2.1), Kilauea (5 quakes between mag 1.7-2.4), Kolumbo (2 quakes between mag 1.4-1.5), La Palma (1 quake mag 1.7), Los Humeros (1 quake mag 3.7), Masaya (1 quake mag 2.4), Maunaloa (4 quakes between mag 1.5-2.1), Mount Rainier (1 quake mag 1.5), Newberry (1 quake mag 1.5), Nisyros (1 quake mag 2.4), Okataina (Tarawera) (1 quake mag 1.3), Pelée (1 quake mag 1.0), Piton de la Fournaise (1 quake mag 1.7), Sakurajima (1 quake mag 1.1), Shishaldin (1 quake mag 1.3), Suwanose-jima (1 quake mag 1.0), Svartsengi (1 quake mag 1.9), Tacana (1 quake mag 3.0),

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Thursday, Dec 18, 2025 05:37 | 50 mins ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor

An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 occurred only 6 minutes ago 71 km east of Bitung, Indonesia, Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency reported.
The quake hit at a moderately shallow depth of 42. km beneath the epicenter near Bitung, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia, early afternoon on Thursday, December 18th, 2025, at 2:30 pm local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Bitung (pop. 137,400) located 71 km from the epicenter, Bitung (pop. 225,100) 77 km away, Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (pop. 8,000) 95 km away, Tondano (pop. 33,300) 101 km away, and Manado (pop. 451,900) 109 km away.
VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.

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Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Dec 14, 09:03 pm (GMT +9)

4.9

39 km95 km (59 mi) to the NE Maluku Sea, 68 km north of Pulau Mayu Island, North Maluku, Indonesia  I FELT IT InfoDec 10, 03:02 am (GMT +9)

4.5

10 km84 km (52 mi) to the E Maluku Sea, 36 km northeast of Pulau Mayu Island, North Maluku, Indonesia InfoNov 27, 06:59 pm (GMT +9)

4.8

53 km70 km (44 mi) to the NE Maluku Sea, 36 km north of Pulau Mayu Island, North Maluku, Indonesia 1 reportInfoNov 27, 08:00 am (Makassar)

4.4

82 km93 km (58 mi) to the SW Maluku Sea, 61 km southeast of Manado, Kota Manado, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia InfoNov 25, 04:47 pm (Makassar)

4.0

116 km72 km (45 mi) to the W Maluku Sea, 22 km south of Pulau Bangka Island, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia InfoNov 24, 12:37 am (GMT +9)

4.6

10 km91 km (57 mi) to the NE Northern Molucca Sea InfoOct 20, 12:37 am (GMT +9)

4.5

29 km3.5 km (2.2 mi) to the S Maluku Sea, 71 km east of Bitung, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia 1 reportInfoJan 18, 2023 03:06 pm (Jayapura)

7.1

64 km212 km (132 mi) to the NE Maluku Sea, 116 km south of Pulau Kaburuang Island, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia 13 reportsInfoNov 15, 2019 01:17 am (Jayapura)

7.0

27 km63 km (39 mi) to the E Maluku Sea, North Maluku, 131 km east of Bitung, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia 95 reportsInfoJul 8, 2019 12:08 am (Jayapura)

6.8

29 km101 km (63 mi) to the S Maluku Sea, 140 km west of Ternate, Kota Ternate, North Maluku, Indonesia 48 reportsInfoJun 8, 2016 04:15

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