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Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Bitung in Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.1002S, 125.5663WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Bitung in Indonesia. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/08/25 / 2025-08-18 15:15:41 / August 18, 2025 @ 3:15 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:15:41 / 3:15 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000r1w6. Event ids that are associated: us6000r1w6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 75.151 km (47 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 125.5663 East, latitude 1.1002 North, depth = 75.151 km.

Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Manado (c. 451 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Tondano (c. 33 300 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Tomohon (c. 27 600 pop), 79 km (49 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). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

Each 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 61 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.5663° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.1002° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 75.151 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-08-18 15:15:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-18 15:32:40 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 340 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 71 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.802 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 65 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000r1w6 Id of event.
Event Code 6000r1w6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000r1w6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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