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Thursday, Nov 20, 2025 07:07 | 1 hour ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor

A moderately shallow magnitude 5.9 earthquake was reported early afternoon near Ambon, Kota Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the quake hit on Thursday, November 20th, 2025, at 3:59 pm local time at a moderately shallow depth of 47. km. 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.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 6.1. A third agency, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), reported the same quake at magnitude 6.1.
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 Ambon (pop. 347,300) located 18 km from the epicenter, Amahai (pop. 47,700) 83 km away, and Masohi (pop. 36,400) 90 km away, the quake should have been felt as light shaking.
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Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Sep 22, 09:06 pm (Jayapura)

4.5

128 km29 km (18 mi) to the E Banda Sea, 17 km south of Pulau Saparua Island, Maluku, Indonesia 1 reportInfoSep 20, 03:54 pm (Jayapura)

4.8

10 km59 km (37 mi) to the W Banda Sea, 35 km west of Ambon, Kota Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia 4 reportsInfoSep 2, 10:17 pm (Jayapura)

4.2

10 km88 km (54 mi) to the NE Banda Sea, 24 km east of Amahai, Kabupaten Maluku Tengah, Maluku, Indonesia InfoSep 2, 10:10 pm (Jayapura)

4.4

10 km84 km (52 mi) to the NE Banda Sea, 19 km east of Amahai, Kabupaten Maluku Tengah, Maluku, Indonesia InfoSep 2, 11:02 am (GMT +9)

4.5

10 km51 km (31 mi) to the SE Banda Sea, 54 km south of Pulau Saparua Island, Maluku, Indonesia InfoJan 10, 01:47 am (Jayapura)

5.3

261 km93 km (58 mi) to the SE Banda Sea, 112 km southeast of Ambon, Kota Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia InfoJun 1, 2023 06:56 am (Jayapura)

5.5

95 km23 km (14 mi) to the NW Kabupaten Maluku Tengah, 23 km northeast of Ambon, Kota Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia InfoJan 25, 2020 09:38 am (Jayapura)

5.1

15 km80 km (49 mi) to the NW Kabupaten Seram Bagian Barat, 67 km northwest of Ambon, Indonesia InfoNov 12, 2019 07:10 pm (Jayapura)

5.1

39 km12 km (7.4 mi) to the NW 19 km northeast of Ambon, Kota Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia 14 reportsInfoSep 26, 2019 09:39 am (Jayapura)

5.3

10 km9.9 km (6.2 mi) to the NE Banda Sea, 33 km east of Ambon, Kota Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia 1 reportInfoSep 26, 2019 08:46 am (Jayapura)

6.4

10 km16 km (9.7 mi) to the N

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Moderate magnitude 4.6 earthquake at 126 km depth

20 Nov 06:53 UTC: First to report: VolcanoDiscovery after 3 minutes.
20 Nov 07:16: Now using data updates from USGS

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Earthquake details Date & timeNov 20, 2025 06:51:25 UTC – Local time at epicenterThursday, Nov 20, 2025, at 04:51 pm (Pacific/Saipan GMT +10) Statusconfirmed (manually revised) Magnitude4.6 Depth126 km Epicenter latitude / longitude14.0582°N / 145.0534°E Northern Mariana IslandsAlso near: Guam 49 km (30 mi) away Seismic antipode14.0582°S / 34.947°W Quality77 seismic stations Shaking intensityIII Weak shaking near epicenter Felt2 reports Primary data sourceUSGS (United States Geological Survey) Nearest volcanoSeamount X (74 km / 46 mi) Weather at epicenter at time of quakeFew Clouds 28°C (82 F), humidity: 83%, wind: 8 m/s (16 kts) from E Estimated seismic energy released5 x 1011 joules (139 megawatt hours, equivalent to 120 tons of TNT) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 4.6 | about seismic energy

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Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Dededo Village, a town with 45,000 inhabitants in Guam, in 64 km (40 mi) distance south of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. In the capital of the  Northern Mariana Islands, Saipan, 149 km (93 mi) away from

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