November 23, 2025 | 01:45 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported a tectonic earthquake shaking the Halmahera Timur, North Maluku region on Sunday, November 23, 2025, at 10:19:57 AM WIB (Western Indonesian Time). BMKG's analysis shows that this earthquake has been updated with a magnitude of M5.2.
"The earthquake's epicenter is located at coordinates 1.28 North Latitude and 128.60 East Longitude, or precisely located on land in the Halmahera Timur, North Maluku region, at a depth of 10 kilometers," said the Director of Earthquakes and Tsunamis at BMKG, Daryono, in a written statement on Sunday.
Taking into account the epicenter location and the hypocenter depth, Daryono said that the earthquake that occurred is a type of shallow earthquake due to the activity of an active fault. "The results of the source mechanism analysis indicate that the earthquake has a strike-slip mechanism," he said.
He mentioned that this earthquake had an impact and was felt in the Tobelo area with an III MMI intensity scale, with actual tremors felt inside houses, and the vibrations felt as if a truck was passing by. "Modeling results show that this earthquake does not have the potential for a tsunami," he said.
As of 10:40 AM WIB, BMKG monitoring results showed one aftershock earthquake activity with a magnitude of M3.5. "Make sure official information is only from BMKG distributed through verified official communication channels," he said.
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