A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.42 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.5702 East, latitude 2.1592 North, depth = 44.42 km. The temblor was detected at 20:30:47 / 8:30 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/08/25 / 2025-08-10 20:30:47 / August 10, 2025 @ 8:30 pm. Event id: us6000qzpe. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qzpe.

Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tobelo. Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. 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: 78 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia.

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