Indonesia earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 63 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 63 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia on Fri, Aug 15, 2025, 10:39 AM GMT+8 (02:39 UTC), 81 km (51 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 60 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-08-15 02:39:20 UTC
Depth
81.4 km (50.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
1.036° N, 125.538° E
Region
Indonesia
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.5 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
63°
Stations used
40

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.368 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 415 days ago · 83 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 4.960 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 412 days ago · 73 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 4.662 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 412 days ago · 72 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 4.561 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 412 days ago · 79 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 4.362 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 406 days ago · 79 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 4.480 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 406 days ago · 72 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 4.02 km N of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 377 days ago · 177 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 4.6128 km W of Ternate, Indonesia · 363 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away

Before

  1. 5.359 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia · 417 days ago · 73 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
  2. 4.1120 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia · 428 days ago · 59 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 4.7112 km E of Modisi, Indonesia · 436 days ago · 64 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 4.497 km SSE of Tondano, Indonesia · 438 days ago · 55 km deep · 62 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000r0w8. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:54 AM UTC.