Just 7 minutes ago, a 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck near Ternate, Kota Ternate, North Maluku, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded around noon on Thursday, November 20th, 2025, at 1:19 pm local time, at an intermediate depth of 103. km below the surface.The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.Our monitoring service identified a second report from the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) which listed the quake at magnitude 5.3 as well.Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter. Weak shaking might have been felt in Galela (pop. 8,800) located 50 km from the epicenter, Tobelo (pop. 34,200) 69 km away, Ternate (pop. 204,900) 89 km away, Sofifi (pop. 36,200) 97 km away, and Sofifi (pop. 36,200) 97 km away.VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.Earthquake data: Date & time: Nov 20, 2025 01:19 pm (Jayapura time) local time (20 Nov 2025 04:19 GMT)Magnitude: 5.3Depth: 103.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 1.59°N / 127.41°E (West Halmahera Regency, North Maluku, Indonesia)Primary data source: EMSC