A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia. The epicenter was at a depth of 62.513 km (39 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/08/25 / 2025-08-18 10:45:19 / August 18, 2025 @ 10:45 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.9119 East, latitude 1.3561 North, depth = 62.513 km. The temblor was reported at 10:45:19 / 10:45 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000r1v4. Unique identifier: us6000r1v4. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ternate (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 81 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia.

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