Indonesia

M2.9 Earthquake near MINAHASA, SULAWESI, INDONESIA (Indonesia)

UTC time: 2025-09-03 13:24:22 UTC Local time:

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About this earthquake

On September 3, 2025 at 13:24 UTC, a magnitude M2.9 earthquake occurred near MINAHASA, SULAWESI, INDONESIA (Indonesia). With a focal depth of about 10 km, this was a shallow earthquake, whose shaking is usually felt more strongly at the surface. Events of this size typically go unnoticed.

The data is provided by EMSC and cross-checked across seismological networks. Indonesia: over the past 24 hours, QuakeMap24 logged 32 earthquakes, the strongest at M5.8.

Details

ID
9250da38e10b40bc884c0497f7c9d2564e16422e
Magnitude
M2.9
Depth
10.0 km
UTC time
2025-09-03 13:24:22 UTC
Local time
Country
Source
emsc
Coordinates
-0.92000, 120.26000
Temperature
14.6°C

Depth profile

Depth profile Depth: 10 km (Shallow) Surface Shallow Intermediate Deep 0 km 70 km 300 km 700 km 10 km
Shallow
10 km
10 km — shallower than the regional average (43.7 km)
Regional average: 43.7 km
Why depth matters

Shallow quakes release energy near the surface — shaking is felt more strongly and damage potential is higher.

Depth classes per USGS

Volcanoes nearby

  • Distance: 171 km ·Stratovolcano ·Elevation: 404 m ·Last eruption: 1983 ·Indonesia
  • Distance: 498 km ·Complex ·Elevation: 1'795 m ·Last eruption: 2005 ·Indonesia

Radius · 50 km

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Airports

  • Mutiara - SIS Al-Jufrie AirportIndonesia · PLW · WAFF
    39.1 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-09-14

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Sulawesi Tengah

Context for this earthquake

14 Sep 2025 – 14 Sep 2026 · M ≥ 2.0 · 758 Catalogue entries

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