A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Tual in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 16:25:38 / 4:25 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/03/25 / 2025-03-01 16:25:38 / March 1, 2025 @ 4:25 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 133.5716 East, latitude -5.4791 South, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000pwaw. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pwaw.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Tual (c. 39 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tual.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 92 km E of Tual, Indonesia.
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