A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Bitung in Indonesia. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.507 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 22/02/25 / 2025-02-22 03:12:21 / February 22, 2025 @ 3:12 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 03:12:21 / 3:12 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000pwm0. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pwm0. Exact location, longitude 125.595° East, latitude 1.3487° North, depth = 9.507 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tomohon, Manado, Tondano. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Manado (c. 451 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Tondano (c. 33 300 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Tomohon (c. 27 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (c. 8 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-five 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 52 km E of Bitung, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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