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Wednesday, Nov 26, 2025 20:04 | 19 mins ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor

A shallow magnitude 5.1 earthquake was reported early morning near Lahewa, North Nias Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia.
According to Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, the quake hit on Thursday, November 27th, 2025, at 1:54 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.
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 Lahewa (pop. 24,500) located 79 km from the epicenter, Gunungsitoli (pop. 136,700) 106 km away, and Teluk Dalam (pop. 25,800) 114 km away.
VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe

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