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Tue, 26 Aug 2025, 10:19 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Just 7 minutes ago, a 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Tobelo, North Halmahera Regency, North Maluku, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded early evening on Tuesday, August 26th, 2025, at 7:11 pm local time, at an intermediate depth of 124. km below the surface.
The event was filed by Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, the first seismological agency to report it.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Galela (pop. 8,800) located 75 km from the epicenter, and Tobelo (pop. 34,200) 78 km away.
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Date & time: Aug 26, 2025 07:11 pm (Jayapura time) local time (26 Aug 2025 10:11 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.5
Depth: 124.00 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 2.43°N / 128.08°E

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Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Aug 26, 10:44 am (Jayapura)

4.6

170 km33 km (20 mi) to the NE Maluku Sea, 33 km northeast of Pulau Rau Island, North Maluku, Indonesia  I FELT IT InfoAug 19, 01:44 am (GMT +9)

4.2

66 km97 km (60 mi) to the W 377 km S 32° E of Balut Island (Municipality of Sarangani) (Davao Occidental) InfoAug 11, 05:30 am (Jayapura)

4.5

10 km68 km (43 mi) to the SE 74 km northeast of Tobelo, Kabupaten Halmahera Utara, North Maluku, Indonesia InfoJul 22, 03:03 pm (GMT +9)

4.1

10 km49 km (30 mi) to the N Maluku Sea, 55 km north of Pulau Rau Island, North Maluku, Indonesia InfoJul 12, 01:00 pm (Jayapura)

4.7

22 km87 km (54 mi) to the SE 46 km east of Tobelo, Kabupaten Halmahera Utara, North Maluku, Indonesia InfoJun 28, 09:40 pm (GMT +9)

5.1

8 km93 km (58 mi) to the W Maluku Sea, 77 km northwest of Pulau Doi Island, North Maluku, Indonesia InfoJun 4, 07:41 pm (GMT +9)

4.8

62 km82 km (51 mi) to the NW Maluku Sea, 129 km southeast of Pulau Kaburuang Island, Indonesia InfoFeb 4, 06:35 am (GMT +9)

5.9

103 km66 km (41 mi) to the N 143 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia 2 reportsInfoFeb 24, 2023 05:02 am (Jayapura)

6.8

112 km87 km (54 mi) to the N Maluku Sea, 144 km southeast of Pulau Kaburuang Island, Indonesia 7 reportsInfoJan 18, 2023 03:06 pm (Jayapura)

7.1

64 km115 km (72 mi) to the W Maluku Sea, 116 km south of Pulau Kaburuang Island, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia 13 reportsInfoJun 4, 2020 05:49 pm (GMT +9)

6.4

112 km59 km

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