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Sun, 17 Aug 2025, 15:43 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 occurred after midnight on Monday, August 18th, 2025, at 12:31 am local time near Galela, North Halmahera Regency, North Maluku, Indonesia, as reported by Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency.
According to preliminary data, the quake was located at a shallow depth of 10. km. 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 5.0 earthquake. A third agency, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), reported the same quake at magnitude 5.0.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Galela (pop. 8,800) located 84 km from the epicenter.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Tobelo (pop. 34,200) located 111 km from the epicenter.
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Sun, 17 Aug 2025, 15:37 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

A shallow magnitude 4.5 earthquake was reported after midnight near Galela, North Halmahera Regency, North Maluku, Indonesia.
According to Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, the quake hit on Monday, August 18th, 2025, at 12:30 am local time at a shallow depth of 10. km. 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.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Galela (pop. 8,800) located 97 km from the epicenter.
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Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Aug 18, 12:03 am (GMT +9)

5.0

10 km20 km (13 mi) to the SW Maluku Sea, 86 km west of Pulau Dagasuli Island, North Maluku, Indonesia  I FELT IT InfoAug 17, 04:58 pm (GMT +9)

4.4

10 km6.3 km (3.9 mi) to the SE Maluku Sea, 70 km west of Pulau Dagasuli Island, North Maluku, Indonesia  I FELT IT InfoAug 17, 04:36 am (Jayapura)

4.4

141 km70 km (44 mi) to the S Maluku Sea, 79 km west of Tobelo, Indonesia  I FELT IT InfoAug 8, 09:22 pm (GMT +9)

5.3

105 km36 km (22 mi) to the S Maluku Sea, 85 km southwest of Pulau Dagasuli Island, North Maluku, Indonesia 1 reportInfoJul 26, 07:55 am (GMT +9)

4.8

82 km27 km (17 mi) to the SW Maluku Sea, 95 km northeast of Pulau Mayu Island, North Maluku, Indonesia InfoJul 26, 06:29 am (GMT +9)

5.8

90 km25 km (15 mi) to the SW Northern Molucca Sea 5 reportsInfoJul 19, 02:14 am (GMT +9)

4.5

12 km43 km (27 mi) to the W Maluku Sea, 102 km north of Pulau Mayu Island, North Maluku, Indonesia InfoApr 9, 2024 06:48 pm (GMT +9)

6.5

10 km66 km (41 mi) to the N Northern Molucca Sea 11 reportsInfoApr 21, 2023 07:21 pm (Jayapura)

6.4

10 km73 km (45 mi) to the N Indonesia: Di Laut 141 Km Tenggara Melonguane 1 reportInfoJan 18, 2023 03:06 pm (Jayapura)

7.1

64 km71 km (44 mi) to the N Maluku Sea, 116 km south of Pulau Kaburuang Island, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia 13 reportsInfoNov 15, 2019 01:17 am (Jayapura)

7.0

27 km102 km (64 mi) to the SW Maluku Sea,

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