A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Tobelo in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.2732 East, latitude 1.6361 North, depth = 129.304 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/12/25 / 2025-12-06 00:44:35 / December 6, 2025 @ 12:44 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 129.304 km (80 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rsuv. Id of event: us6000rsuv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:44:35 / 12:44 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Ternate (c. 101 700 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Ternate, Tobelo. Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 82 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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