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Mon, 12 May 2025, 17:10 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Just 7 minutes ago, a 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck near Galela, North Halmahera Regency, North Maluku, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded early morning on Tuesday, May 13th, 2025, at 2:01 am local time, at a shallow depth of 10. 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 German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), which listed it as a magnitude 4.9 earthquake as well.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Galela (pop. 8,800) located 122 km from the epicenter.
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Date & time: May 13, 2025 02:01 am (GMT +9)

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RSS feed source: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program

Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap May 6, 10:45 am (GMT +9)

4.6

103 km70 km (43 mi) to the SE Maluku Sea, 93 km west of Tobelo, Indonesia  I FELT IT InfoMay 5, 01:00 am (GMT +9)

4.4

10 km21 km (13 mi) to the NE Maluku Sea, 123 km northeast of Pulau Mayu Island, North Maluku, Indonesia InfoMay 5, 12:00 am (GMT +8)

4.3

106 km53 km (33 mi) to the NW Maluku Sea, 114 km east of Pulau Tahulandang Island, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia InfoApr 30, 07:24 pm (GMT +9)

4.9

27 km54 km (33 mi) to the NE Northern Molucca Sea InfoApr 30, 06:24 pm (GMT +8)

4.4

148 km52 km (32 mi) to the N Maluku Sea, 126 km south of Pulau Kaburuang Island, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia InfoApr 3, 06:10 am (GMT +9)

4.9

10 km10.5 km (6.5 mi) to the SE Maluku Sea, 99 km northeast of Pulau Mayu Island, North Maluku, Indonesia InfoApr 3, 06:03 am (GMT +9)

5.9

42 km4.6 km (2.8 mi) to the W Northern Molucca Sea 8 reportsInfoMar 11, 11:58 pm (GMT +9)

4.9

49 km61 km (38 mi) to the S Maluku Sea, 47 km northeast of Pulau Mayu Island, North Maluku, Indonesia InfoFeb 26, 02:13 am (GMT +8)

5.0

52 km97 km (60 mi) to the N Maluku Sea, 81 km south of Pulau Kaburuang Island, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia InfoApr 9, 2024 06:48 pm (GMT +9)

6.5

10 km76 km (47 mi) to the NE Maluku Sea, North Maluku, 122 km south of Pulau Kaburuang Island, Indonesia 11 reportsInfoApr 21, 2023 07:21 pm (Jayapura)

6.4

10 km82 km (51 mi) to the NE Maluku Sea, 116 km south

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