M 5.9 in Indonesia on 04 Nov 2025 23:32 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 110.6 Km
Lat/Lon: -0.0563 , 123.0907
Event Date: 04 Nov 2025 23:32 UTC
05 Nov 2025 07:32 Local
Exposed Population: 1.4 million in MMI IV
Source: NEIC us6000rlim
Inserted at: 05 Nov 2025 04:24 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)
GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000rlim Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDLevelScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1670216 0 04 Nov 2025 23:32 5.9M, 107km 4.21 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:14 NEIC
1670261 0 04 Nov 2025 23:32 5.9M, 110.6km 4.11 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 04:52 NEIC
The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.
The episode that has the last updated information.
* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened off shore.

Radius Population
100 km 1000000 people
75 km 700000 people
50 km 27000 people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Taludaa Gorontalo Indonesia Village - 47 km
Bilungala Gorontalo Indonesia Village - 50 km
Padang Sulawesi Tengah Indonesia Village - 58 km
Maliku Sulawesi Tengah Indonesia Village - 63 km
Tulabolo Sulawesi Utara Indonesia Village - 64 km
Lembongo Gorontalo Indonesia Village - 66 km
Majajap Sulawesi Tengah Indonesia Village - 67 km
Gorontalo Gorontalo Indonesia City 140000 people 67 km
Telaga Gorontalo Indonesia Village - 67 km
Dimamalia Sulawesi Utara Indonesia Village - 68 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Jalaluddin GTO 18 Mil. Paved No 5400 81 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Gorontalo IDGTO Indonesia 62 km
Poh Indonesia 83 km
Pangimanan Indonesia 94 km

More information

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