A magnitude 6.05 earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Java on Friday, the German Geoscience Research Center (GFZ) said. Reuters.

The quake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.21 miles), authorities added.

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According to GFZ, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred off the coast of Indonesia’s Talaud Islands on January 10th.

GFZ said the quake occurred at a depth of 77 kilometers (47.85 miles).

Indonesia’s geophysical agency BMKG recorded a slightly higher magnitude of 7.1 at a depth of 17 km and several aftershocks.

BMKG said the earthquake is not expected to cause a tsunami.

Residents of Manado, on the northern tip of Sulawesi, reported feeling strong shaking, but there were no immediate reports of damage.

According to the National Center for Seismology (NCS), a magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck northern Sumatra on the morning of December 28th.

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Early on the morning of December 3, a magnitude 4.4 earthquake occurred in northern Sumatra.

NCS posted to X: “EQ of M: 4.4, On: 03/12/2025 02:20:33 IST, Latitude: 2.78 N, Longitude: 97.90 E, Depth: 10 Km, Location: North Sumatra, Indonesia.”

On November 26, a magnitude 4.5 earthquake occurred in northern Sumatra.

According to the NCS, a stronger earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale struck West Papua, Indonesia, in early October. The earthquake occurred at 11:57 am (IST) with an epicenter at 2.26 degrees south latitude, 138.86 degrees east longitude, and a depth of 55 kilometers.

Indonesia, with a population of over 270 million people, is located on the Pacific Ring of Fire and is frequently affected by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis.

The Pacific Ring of Fire, or the Pacific Rim, is a path along the Pacific Ocean characterized by active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes.

This is a horseshoe-shaped belt approximately 40,000 km long and 500 km wide that contains two-thirds of the world’s total volcanoes and 90 percent of Earth’s earthquakes.