A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Bitung in Indonesia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r3i3. Id of event: us6000r3i3. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:52:18 / 5:52 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/08/25 / 2025-08-24 17:52:18 / August 24, 2025 @ 5:52 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 125.7569 East, latitude 1.0814 North, depth = 71.771 km. 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 71.771 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bitung (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 80 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia.
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