M5.3 earthquake 59 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 59 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia on Thu, Aug 14, 2025, 12:45 AM GMT+8 (16:45 UTC), 73 km (46 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.3 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-08-13 16:45:56 UTC
- Depth
- 73.4 km (45.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.109° N, 125.548° E
- Region
- Indonesia
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.3 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.08 · 15 stations |
| 5.2 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS, automatic first solution | First automatic solution · Confirmed |
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 5.3 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 24°, dip 59°, rake 94°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 196°, dip 31°, rake 84°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.5 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 20°
- Stations used
- 128
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.463 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 415 days ago · 81 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.368 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 415 days ago · 83 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.960 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 411 days ago · 73 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.662 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 411 days ago · 72 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.561 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 411 days ago · 79 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.362 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 405 days ago · 79 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.480 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 405 days ago · 72 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.1131 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia · 399 days ago · 61 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.02 km N of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 377 days ago · 177 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.339 km NNE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 372 days ago · 194 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.6128 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 362 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000r0dl (also filed as usauto6000r0dl). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:11 PM UTC.