RSS feed source: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program

Sun, 10 Aug 2025, 20:37 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

An earthquake of magnitude 4.6 occurred only 5 minutes ago 79 km northeast of Tobelo, Indonesia, Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency reported.
The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10. km beneath the epicenter near Tobelo, North Halmahera Regency, North Maluku, Indonesia, early morning on Monday, August 11th, 2025, at 5:30 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.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Tobelo (pop. 34,200) located 79 km from the epicenter, and Galela (pop. 8,800) 96 km away.
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RSS feed source: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program

Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Jul 22, 03:03 pm (GMT +9)

4.1

10 km94 km (58 mi) to the NW Maluku Sea, 55 km north of Pulau Rau Island, North Maluku, Indonesia InfoJul 12, 01:00 pm (Jayapura)

4.7

22 km42 km (26 mi) to the SW 46 km east of Tobelo, Kabupaten Halmahera Utara, North Maluku, Indonesia InfoJul 10, 09:26 pm (Jayapura)

4.1

216 km66 km (41 mi) to the N Maluku Sea, 36 km north of Morotai Island, Indonesia InfoJun 23, 10:40 am (Jayapura)

4.3

202 km38 km (24 mi) to the NW Halmahera, Indonesia InfoApr 20, 08:06 am (Jayapura)

4.8

10 km53 km (33 mi) to the S 70 km east of Tobelo, Kabupaten Halmahera Utara, North Maluku, Indonesia InfoJan 4, 02:59 am (Jayapura)

4.9

118 km56 km (35 mi) to the NW Kabupaten Pulau Morotai, 62 km north of Tobelo, Indonesia InfoDec 16, 2024 12:31 am (Jayapura)

4.7

93 km43 km (27 mi) to the SW 32 km northeast of Tobelo, Kabupaten Halmahera Utara, North Maluku, Indonesia InfoNov 22, 2024 04:51 pm (GMT +9)

5.4

13 km85 km (53 mi) to the NW Maluku Sea, North Maluku, 195 km southeast of Pulau Kaburuang Island, Indonesia 2 reportsInfoJan 18, 2023 03:06 pm (Jayapura)

7.1

64 km182 km (113 mi) to the NW Maluku Sea, 116 km south of Pulau Kaburuang Island, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia 13 reportsInfoJun 4, 2020 05:49 pm (GMT +9)

6.4

112 km101 km (63 mi) to the N Maluku Sea, 58 km north of Pulau Tuanane Island, North Maluku, Indonesia 16 reportsInfoNov 15, 2019 01:17 am (Jayapura)

7.0

27 km253 km (157 mi) to the W Northern Molucca Sea 95 reportsInfoAug 13, 2018 02:23

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