A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 97 kilometers (60 miles) from Bitung in Indonesia. Exact location of event, longitude 125.9846 East, latitude 1.6188 North, depth = 73.706 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:33:52 / 4:33 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000q9sb. Unique identifier: us7000q9sb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 73.706 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/06/25 / 2025-06-17 04:33:52 / June 17, 2025 @ 4:33 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bitung (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 97 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia.
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