M 6.1 in Indonesia on 25 Feb 2025 22:55 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1470071
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 0.375 , 124.9411
Event Date: 25 Feb 2025 22:55 UTC
26 Feb 2025 06:55 Local
Exposed Population: 7 thousand in MMI V
Inserted at: 26 Feb 2025 04:31 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Indonesia)

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000pvgx Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Indonesia - Earthquake (ECHO 04 Mar 2025)Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:46

  • An earthquake of 6.1 M (6.0 M according to local authorities) at a depth of 10 km occurred in the Molucca Sea, 47 km east of the Minahasa Peninsula of the island of Sulawesi on 25 February at 22:55 UTC (26 February, 06:55 local time). The epicentre was located approximately 56 km east of Modisi town in North Sulawesi province, central-north Indonesia.
  • Approximately ten aftershocks of a magnitude between 4.7 and 5.1 M have been recorded in the area.
  • According to the National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure (BNPB), as of 27 February, at least 35 people have been affected, and 11 houses have been damaged in East Bolaang Mongondow regency in central North Sulawesi province.
  • National authorities are monitoring the damaged infrastructure. 
Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),