Moderate mag. 4.3 earthquake – Indonesia: Banda Sea on Friday, Aug 22, 2025, at 07:53 am (GMT +9)

Published: 21 August 2025
Categories: Global Earthquake Activity

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Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Aug 11, 01:56 pm (GMT +9)

4.3

283 km50 km (31 mi) to the S Banda Sea, 121 km southwest of Pulau Banda Besar Island, Maluku, Indonesia InfoJul 4, 09:30 pm (GMT +9)

4.4

177 km89 km (55 mi) to the E Banda Sea, 83 km south of Pulau Banda Besar Island, Maluku, Indonesia InfoJul 1, 04:00 am (GMT +9)

4.4

300 km94 km (59 mi) to the W Banda Sea InfoJun 2, 01:14 pm (GMT +9)

4.3

27 km58 km (36 mi) to the SW Banda Sea, 219 km southeast of Ambon, Kota Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia InfoMay 30, 01:42 am (GMT +9)

4.2

380 km98 km (61 mi) to the S Indonesia: Banda Sea InfoMay 3, 09:02 am (GMT +9)

4.3

299 km50 km (31 mi) to the SW Banda Sea InfoNov 8, 2023 01:53 pm (GMT +9)

7.1

6 km157 km (97 mi) to the S Banda Sea, 166 km north of Pulau Wetan Island, Maluku, Indonesia InfoJan 10, 2023 02:47 am (Jayapura)

7.9

131 km268 km (166 mi) to the SE Banda Sea, 101 km northeast of Pulau Wetan Island, Maluku, Indonesia 880 reportsInfoSep 8, 2020 12:45 am (Universal Time)

5.8

185 km57 km (35 mi) to the Enear Magnitude 5.8, Near of Ambon 7 reportsInfoJun 24, 2019 11:53 am (Jayapura)

7.3

214 km152 km (95 mi) to the S Banda Sea 186 reportsInfoMar 19, 2016 05:51 pm (Jayapura)

5.6

276 km66 km (41 mi) to the SE Banda Sea, 253 km southeast of Ambon, Kota Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia InfoDec 11, 2012 01:53 am (GMT +9)

7.1

155 km179 km (111 mi) to the SE Banda Sea 18 reportsInfoOct 8, 2012 08:43 pm (GMT +9)

6.1

10 km65 km (40 mi)

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Significant magnitude 5.3 quake hits 36 km southeast of Ofunato, Japan in the morning

Published: 21 August 2025
Categories: Global Earthquake Activity

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Thu, 21 Aug 2025, 22:46 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Just 10 minutes ago, a 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck near Ofunato, Ōfunato-shi, Iwate, Japan. The tremor was recorded in the morning on Friday, August 22nd, 2025, at 7:34 am local time, at a moderately shallow depth of 44. km below the surface.
The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 5.3 as well. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) at magnitude 5.3, France’s Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS) at magnitude 5.4, and Japan’s National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) at magnitude 5.9.
Generally quakes of this magnitude are recorded by more than one agency and the results can vary, with subsequent reports that come in after the first one often showing more accuracy.
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 Rikuzen-Takata (pop. 18,300) located 35 km from the epicenter, and Ofunato (pop. 35,500) 36 km away, the quake should have been felt as light shaking.
Weak shaking might have

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Volcanic activity worldwide 21 Aug 2025: Etna volcano, Santiaguito, Popocatépetl, Ibu, Dukono, Reve…

Published: 21 August 2025
Categories: Global Volcano Activity

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Thu, 21 Aug 2025, 21:00 1755810004 | BY: SEVERAL CONTRIBUTORS

Map of today’s active volcanoes

Etna (Sicily, Italy): (21 Aug) A new eruptive fissure opened on the southern flank of the Southeast Crater at about 13:40 local time yesterday.
A new lava flow effuses from an altitude of 3,200 meters above sea level towards the southwest.
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Sakurajima (Kyushu, Japan): Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Tokyo (VAAC) issued the following report: EXPLODED AT 20250821/2021Z OVER FL060 EXTD SE OBS VA DTG:21/2010Z
…21 Aug:
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) reported that the eruption continued at Aira between 18 August 2025 (local) and 20 August 2025 (local). The alert level at Aira remained at “Level 3 – Restriction on proximity to the volcano” (on a 5-level scale). Ground deformation data indicated a notable inflationary trend since 1600 on 19 August.
Source: Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)
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Ibu (Halmahera, Indonesia): Explosive activity continues. Volcanic

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