A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. The temblor was reported at 23:36:27 / 11:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/11/25 / 2025-11-09 23:36:27 / November 9, 2025 @ 11:36 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 178.283 km (111 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.554 East, latitude 1.4804 North, depth = 178.283 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000redp. Id of event: us7000redp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sofifi, Ternate, Tobelo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. 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: 57 km WSW of Tobelo, Indonesia.
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