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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Bitung in Indonesia

Posted by admin on December 18, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 1.4024S, 125.7831WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Bitung in Indonesia on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 05:30:18 / 5:30 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/12/25 / 2025-12-18 05:30:18 / December 18, 2025 @ 5:30 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.7831 East, latitude 1.4024 North, depth = 76.053 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 76.053 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rvmc. Id of event: us6000rvmc.

Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 104 km (65 miles) from Manado (c. 451 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Tondano (c. 33 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (c. 8 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manado, Tondano, Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 72 km E of Bitung, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.7831° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.4024° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 76.053 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 72 km E 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 2025-12-18 05:30:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-18 05:49:02 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 385 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 58 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.322 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 85 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 us6000rvmc Id of event.
Event Code 6000rvmc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rvmc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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