A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Bitung in Indonesia on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 79.622 km (49 miles). Exact location of event, depth 79.622 km, 125.5414° East, 1.0741° North. Global time and date of event 15/08/25 / 2025-08-15 02:39:20 / August 15, 2025 @ 2:39 am UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:39:20 / 2:39 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000r0w8. Unique identifier: us6000r0w8.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (56 miles) from Manado (c. 451 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Tondano (c. 33 300 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Tomohon (c. 27 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (c. 8 000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manado, Tomohon, Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (min 5000 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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