A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Tomohon in Indonesia on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/05/25 / 2025-05-03 14:20:50 / May 3, 2025 @ 2:20 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:20:50 / 2:20 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 124.4235° East, 1.1743° North, depth 231.402 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 231.402 km (144 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000pwwu. Event ids that are associated: us7000pwwu.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bitung, Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Manado. Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 58 km (36 miles) from Manado (c. 451 900 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Tondano (c. 33 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Tomohon (c. 27 600 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (c. 8 000 pop).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 45 km WSW of Tomohon, Indonesia.

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