Magnitude 4.5 earthquake strikes near Ternate, Kota Ternate, North Maluku, Indonesia

Just 9 minutes ago, a 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Ternate, Kota Ternate, North Maluku, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded early evening on Sunday, October 12th, 2025, at 7:24 pm local time, at an intermediate depth of 90. km below the surface.
The event was filed by Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, the first seismological agency to report it.
A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 4.5 earthquake as well.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Ternate (pop. 204,900) located 98 km from the epicenter, and Galela (pop. 8,800) 112 km away.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Oct 12, 2025 07:24 pm (GMT +9) local time (12 Oct 2025 10:24 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.5
Depth: 90.00 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 1.48°N / 126.84°E (North Maluku, Indonesia)
Primary data source: BMKG
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