Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Bitung in Indonesia

A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Bitung in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, 125.6069° East, 1.095° North, depth 66.638 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 66.638 km (41 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/01/25 / 2025-01-03 22:45:23 / January 3, 2025 @ 10:45 pm. Event id: us6000pk73. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pk73. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:45:23 / 10:45 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Tondano (c. 33 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Tomohon (c. 27 600 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (c. 8 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tomohon, Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Tondano (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 65 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.6069° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	1.095° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	66.638 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	65 km SE 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	2025-01-03 22:45:23	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-20 05:21:24	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		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	271	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	14	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.841	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.95 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	133	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	us6000pk73	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pk73	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pk73,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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