A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Masohi in Indonesia on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude 129.5447 East, latitude -3.6381 South, depth = 35.762 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:19:49 / 7:19 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35.762 km (22 miles). Global time and date of event 02/03/25 / 2025-03-02 19:19:49 / March 2, 2025 @ 7:19 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000py6a. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000py6a.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Amahai (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 74 km ESE of Masohi, Indonesia.
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