Significant 5.3 quake hits near Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
5.3 quake 3 Jul 8:49 am (GMT +9)

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake near Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, was reported only 20 minutes ago by Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, considered the main national agency that monitors seismic activity in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a shallow depth of 10 km beneath the epicenter in the morning on Sunday, July 3rd, 2022, at 8:49 am local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) which listed the quake at magnitude 5.1. Other agencies reporting the same quake include France's Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS) at magnitude 5.3, the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 5.1, and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) at magnitude 5.4.
Generally quakes of this magnitude are recorded by more than one agency and the results can vary, with subsequent reports that come in after the first one often showing more accuracy.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Bitung (pop. 137,400) located 113 km from the epicenter.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Jul 3, 2022 8:49 am (GMT +9) local time (2 Jul 2022 23:49 GMT)
Magnitude: 5.3
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenterlatitude / longitude: 1.05°N / 126.12°E (Molucca Sea, Indonesia)
Primary data source: BMKG
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