Mag. 4.5 earthquake - 144 km southeast of Manado, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia, on Monday, 25 May 2020 at 10:42 (GMT) -
Light magnitude 4.5 earthquake at 10 km depth
25 May 10:50 UTC: First to report: BMKG after 8 minutes.
May 25 14:55: Magnitude recalculated from 4.4 to 4.5.
May 25 14:55: Magnitude recalculated from 4.4 to 4.5.
Magnitude: 4.5
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 0.37°N / 125.52°E
(Indonesia)Nearest volcano: Sempu (120 km / 75 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
124 km (77 mi) SSE of Tondano (Kabupaten Minahasa) (pop: 33,300)
126 km (79 mi) SSE of Bitung (pop: 137,400)
132 km (82 mi) SE of Tomohon (pop: 27,600)
138 km (86 mi) SSE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (Kabupaten Minahasa Utara) (pop: 8,000)
144 km (90 mi) SSE of Manado (pop: 451,900)
213 km (132 mi) WSW of Ternate (pop: 101,700)
274 km (170 mi) E of Gorontalo (pop: 144,200)
2199 km (1366 mi) ENE of Jakarta (pop: 8,540,100)
Primary data source: BMKG
Estimated released energy: 3.5 x 1011 joules (98.6 megawatt hours, equivalent to 84.8 tons of TNT) [learn more]
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 4.5 | 10 km | Northern Molucca Sea (Indonesia) | BMKG |
| M 4.4 | 10 km | Molucca Sea (Indonesia) | EMSC |
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