Overall Green Earthquake in Indonesia on 04 Nov 2025 23:32 UTC

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

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

Shakemap

Tsunami

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
	Score no CC	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

ShakeMap is a product of the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program in conjunction with the regional seismic networks. ShakeMaps provide near-real-time maps of ground motion and shaking intensity following significant earthquakes.

Episode Timeline

ID	Level	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	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 in Indonesia ,of Sulawesi Utara (population 2,665,773) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1670216	123.131/-0.136	5.9	107	4.153	04 Nov 2025 23:51	00:18	(new episode)
2	1670216	123.131/-0.136	5.9	107	4.167	04 Nov 2025 23:58	00:25	(upd of #1)
3	1670216	123.131/-0.136	5.9	107	4.215	05 Nov 2025 00:09	00:36	(upd of #2)
4	1670216	123.131/-0.136	5.9	107	4.215	05 Nov 2025 01:51	02:18	(upd of #3)
5	1670261	123.091/-0.056	5.9	110.6	4.111	05 Nov 2025 08:32	09:00	(new episode)
6	1670261	123.091/-0.056	5.9	110.6	4.111	06 Nov 2025 14:01	1d 14:29	(upd of #5)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	1.3 million people
Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	89000 people
Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	630000 people
Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	450000 people
Maluku	Indonesia	3600 people

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
Bubung		17				0	114 km
Luwuk	LUW	unknown				0	114 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Gorontalo	IDGTO	Indonesia	62 km
Poh		Indonesia	83 km
Pangimanan		Indonesia	94 km
Kuandang		Indonesia	103 km
Luwuk	IDLUW	Indonesia	104 km
Lamobuang		Indonesia	140 km

More information

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