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Wed, 13 Aug 2025, 16:55 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Indonesia was shaken near Bitung, Sulawesi Utara, by an earthquake of magnitude 5.5 only 8 minutes ago, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported.
The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10. km beneath the epicenter near Bitung, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia, early morning on Thursday, August 14th, 2025, at 1:45 am local time. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones as they are closer to the surface. 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.
A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 5.5 earthquake as well.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake was probably felt by many people in the area of the epicenter. It should not have caused significant damage, other than objects falling from shelves, broken windows, etc.
In Bitung (pop. 137,400) located 60 km from the epicenter, and Bitung (pop. 225,100) 65 km away, the quake should have been felt as light shaking.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (pop. 8,000) located 83 km from the epicenter, Tondano (pop. 33,300) 83 km away, Manado (pop. 451,900) 95

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Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Jul 20, 02:13 am (GMT +9)

4.3

24 km105 km (65 mi) to the NE Maluku Sea, 12 km northeast of Pulau Mayu Island, North Maluku, Indonesia InfoJul 14, 11:06 pm (Jayapura)

4.3

11 km113 km (70 mi) to the E Northern Molucca Sea InfoJul 14, 02:39 pm (Jayapura)

5.2

12 km116 km (72 mi) to the E Maluku Sea, 21 km east of Pulau Mayu Island, North Maluku, Indonesia 7 reportsInfoJun 17, 01:33 pm (GMT +9)

4.0

32 km81 km (50 mi) to the NE Northern Molucca Sea InfoJun 13, 08:14 pm (Makassar)

4.2

97 km53 km (33 mi) to the NW Northern Molucca Sea InfoJul 17, 2024 08:39 am (GMT +9)

5.6

10 km67 km (41 mi) to the NE Northern Molucca Sea 10 reportsInfoJan 18, 2023 03:06 pm (Jayapura)

7.1

64 km259 km (161 mi) to the NE Maluku Sea, 116 km south of Pulau Kaburuang Island, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia 13 reportsInfoAug 14, 2022 11:47 am (Jayapura)

5.9

10 km132 km (82 mi) to the NE Maluku Sea, 182 km east of Manado, Kota Manado, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia 3 reportsInfoFeb 13, 2022 05:21 pm (Jayapura)

5.7

38 km77 km (48 mi) to the E 125 km W of Ternate, Indonesia 2 reportsInfoOct 15, 2021 12:16 am (Jayapura)

5.7

42 km71 km (44 mi) to the NE Maluku Sea, North Maluku, 144 km east of Manado, Indonesia 10 reportsInfoOct 11, 2021 09:34 pm (Jayapura)

5.6

26 km64 km (40 mi) to the E Maluku Sea, North Maluku, 122 km southeast of Bitung, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia 2 reportsInfoNov 15, 2019 01:17 am (Jayapura)

7.0

27 km107 km (66 mi) to the NE Maluku Sea, North Maluku, 131 km

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