A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Bitung in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.5257 East, latitude 1.0729 North, depth = 83.702 km. Id of earthquake: us6000r3hk. Event ids that are associated: us6000r3hk. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/08/25 / 2025-08-24 15:26:57 / August 24, 2025 @ 3:26 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:26:57 / 3:26 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 83.702 km (52 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Manado (c. 451 900 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Tondano (c. 33 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Tomohon (c. 27 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (c. 8 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manado, Tomohon, Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 60 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia.

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