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Moderate 4.5 quake hits near Ambon, Kota Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia

Published: 23 December 2025
Categories: Global Earthquake Activity

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Tuesday, Dec 23, 2025 11:28 | 57 mins ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor

Just 5 minutes ago, a 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Ambon, Kota Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded in the evening on Tuesday, December 23rd, 2025, at 8:22 pm local time, at a shallow depth of 12. km below the surface.
The event was filed by Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, the first seismological agency to report it.
A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 4.5 earthquake as well.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Ambon (pop. 347,300) located 75 km from the epicenter, Amahai (pop. 47,700) 98 km away, and Masohi (pop. 36,400) 104 km away.
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Moderate mag. 4.5 earthquake – 75 km southeast of Ambon, Kota Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia, on Tuesday, Dec 23, 2025, at 11:22 am (Universal Time)

Published: 23 December 2025
Categories: Global Earthquake Activity

RSS feed source: Volcano Discovery.com--Global earthquake monitor

Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Nov 20, 03:59 pm (Jayapura)

5.8

133 km57 km (35 mi) to the NW Banda Sea, 26 km east of Pulau Ambon Island, Maluku, Indonesia 4 reportsInfoSep 22, 09:06 pm (Jayapura)

4.5

128 km40 km (25 mi) to the N Banda Sea, 17 km south of Pulau Saparua Island, Maluku, Indonesia 1 reportInfoSep 2, 11:02 am (GMT +9)

4.5

10 km6 km (3.7 mi) to the W Banda Sea, 54 km south of Pulau Saparua Island, Maluku, Indonesia InfoAug 28, 11:19 pm (Jayapura)

4.3

101 km54 km (33 mi) to the N Kabupaten Maluku Tengah, 51 km east of Ambon, Kota Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia InfoJul 26, 03:59 am (Jayapura)

4.0

10 km69 km (43 mi) to the N Banda Sea, 13 km north of Pulau Saparua Island, Maluku, Indonesia InfoJul 10, 03:50 pm (Jayapura)

4.7

10 km38 km (24 mi) to the NW Banda Sea, 23 km southeast of Pulau Haruku Island, Maluku, Indonesia 3 reportsInfoJul 4, 10:59 pm (Jayapura)

4.8

57 km65 km (40 mi) to the N Banda Sea, 25 km northeast of Pulau Haruku Island, Maluku, Indonesia 3 reportsInfoDec 16, 2024 07:14 pm (GMT +9)

5.5

25 km68 km (42 mi) to the NE Banda Sea, 69 km southeast of Amahai, Kabupaten Maluku Tengah, Maluku, Indonesia 1 reportInfoNov 8, 2023 01:53 pm (GMT +9)

7.1

6 km277 km (172 mi) to the S Banda Sea, 166 km north of Pulau Wetan Island, Maluku, Indonesia InfoJun 1, 2023 06:56 am (Jayapura)

5.5

95 km78 km (49 mi) to the NW Kabupaten Maluku Tengah, 23 km northeast of Ambon, Kota Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia InfoSep 26, 2019 08:46 am

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Moderate mag. 4.1 earthquake – North Pacific Ocean, 26 km west of Acapulco de Juárez, Mexico, on Tuesday, Dec 23, 2025, at 03:52 am (Mazatlan time)

Published: 23 December 2025
Categories: Global Earthquake Activity

RSS feed source: Volcano Discovery.com--Global earthquake monitor

Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Dec 13, 09:15 am (Mazatlan)

4.1

3 km42 km (26 mi) to the NW Mexico: 32 km Al SUR De ATOYAC DE ALVAREZ, GRO InfoDec 12, 01:15 pm (Mexico City)

4.1

38 km97 km (60 mi) to the NW 26 km Al NOROESTE De TECPAN, GRO InfoDec 10, 03:56 am (Mexico City)

4.1

44 km77 km (48 mi) to the NW 12 km northeast of Tecpan de Galeana, Estado de Guerrero, Mexico InfoDec 6, 10:06 pm (Mazatlan)

4.1

12 km22 km (14 mi) to the SE North Pacific Ocean, 21 km south of Acapulco de Juárez, Mexico 2 reportsInfoDec 6, 04:28 pm (Mexico City)

4.1

22 km93 km (58 mi) to the E 32 km southwest of Ayutla de los Libres, Estado de Guerrero, Mexico InfoDec 11, 2022 08:31 am (Mexico City)

6.0

14 km66 km (41 mi) to the NW 10 km south of Tecpan de Galeana, Estado de Guerrero, Mexico 88 reportsInfoSep 7, 2021 08:47 pm (Mexico City)

7.1

10 km22 km (14 mi) to the E North Pacific Ocean, 8 km south of Acapulco de Juárez, Mexico 405 reportsInfoFeb 16, 2018 05:39 pm (Mexico City)

7.2

22 km234 km (146 mi) to the E 9.4 km northeast of Pinotepa Nacional, Estado de Oaxaca, Mexico 276 reportsInfoSep 19, 2017 12:14 pm (Mexico City)

7.0

56 km265 km (165 mi) to the NE 3.8 km southeast of Casa Blanca (Cuyotliapa), Estado de Puebla, Mexico 345 reportsInfoMay 10, 2014 01:36 am (Mexico City)

6.0

23 km87 km (54 mi) to the NW 6 km W of Nuxco, Mexico 24 reportsInfoMay 8, 2014 11:00 am (Mexico City)

6.4

17 km83 km (51 mi) to the

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Puracé Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA EMS RPRTD

Published: 23 December 2025
Categories: Global Volcano Activity

RSS feed source: Volcano Discovery.com--Global earthquake monitor

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