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Sun, 17 Aug 2025, 15:13 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake near Galela, North Halmahera Regency, North Maluku, Indonesia, was reported only 9 minutes ago by Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, considered the main national agency that monitors seismic activity in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a shallow depth of 10. km beneath the epicenter after midnight on Monday, August 18th, 2025, at 12:03 am 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.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 5.1. A third agency, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), reported the same quake at magnitude 5.2.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Galela (pop. 8,800) located 83 km from the epicenter, and Tobelo (pop. 34,200) 110 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

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Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Aug 17, 04:58 pm (GMT +9)

4.4

10 km20 km (12 mi) to the NE Maluku Sea, 70 km west of Pulau Dagasuli Island, North Maluku, Indonesia  I FELT IT InfoAug 17, 04:36 am (Jayapura)

4.4

141 km60 km (37 mi) to the SE Maluku Sea, 79 km west of Tobelo, Indonesia  I FELT IT InfoAug 8, 09:22 pm (GMT +9)

5.3

105 km19 km (12 mi) to the SE Maluku Sea, 85 km southwest of Pulau Dagasuli Island, North Maluku, Indonesia 1 reportInfoJul 26, 07:55 am (GMT +9)

4.8

82 km12 km (7.7 mi) to the W Maluku Sea, 95 km northeast of Pulau Mayu Island, North Maluku, Indonesia InfoJul 26, 06:29 am (GMT +9)

5.8

90 km14 km (8.7 mi) to the NW Northern Molucca Sea 5 reportsInfoJul 14, 02:39 pm (Jayapura)

5.2

12 km85 km (53 mi) to the SW Maluku Sea, 21 km east of Pulau Mayu Island, North Maluku, Indonesia 7 reportsInfoJun 28, 09:40 pm (GMT +9)

5.1

8 km89 km (55 mi) to the N Maluku Sea, 77 km northwest of Pulau Doi Island, North Maluku, Indonesia InfoJun 17, 03:25 pm (GMT +9)

5.0

32 km50 km (31 mi) to the NW Northern Molucca Sea InfoApr 9, 2024 06:48 pm (GMT +9)

6.5

10 km85 km (53 mi) to the N Northern Molucca Sea 11 reportsInfoApr 21, 2023 07:21 pm (Jayapura)

6.4

10 km91 km (57 mi) to the N Indonesia: Di Laut 141 Km Tenggara Melonguane 1 reportInfoJan 18, 2023 03:06 pm (Jayapura)

7.1

64 km90 km (56 mi) to the N Maluku Sea, 116 km south of Pulau Kaburuang Island, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia 13 reportsInfoNov 15,

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