A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Ternate in Indonesia on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 101.872 km (63 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 126.9549 East, latitude 1.5366 North, depth = 101.872 km. Unique identifier: us6000rgq7. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rgq7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/10/25 / 2025-10-12 10:23:59 / October 12, 2025 @ 10:23 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:23:59 / 10:23 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ternate (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 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 four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 95 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia.
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