A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Ambon in Indonesia on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 11:22:09 / 11:22 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/12/25 / 2025-12-23 11:22:09 / December 23, 2025 @ 11:22 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12.598 km (8 miles). Unique identifier: us7000rkc0. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000rkc0. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.6654 East, latitude -4.1352 South, depth = 12.598 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Amahai, Ambon. Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 72 km SE of Ambon, Indonesia.
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