A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Labuan Bajo in Indonesia. Exact location of event, depth 178.496 km, 119.7624° East, -8.2557° South. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 178.496 km (111 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 10:31:36 / 10:31 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pdyc. Unique identifier: us7000pdyc. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/02/25 / 2025-02-15 10:31:36 / February 15, 2025 @ 10:31 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ruteng, Labuhanbajo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Labuhanbajo (c. 188 700 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Ruteng (c. 34 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 29 km NNW of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia.
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