A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Labuan Bajo in Indonesia. Exact location of event, longitude 119.8246 East, latitude -8.3964 South, depth = 174.098 km. Id of earthquake: us6000pwbp. Event ids that are associated: us6000pwbp. 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: 01/03/25 / 2025-03-01 20:21:58 / March 1, 2025 @ 8:21 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:21:58 / 8:21 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 174.098 km (108 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 13 km (8 miles) from Labuhanbajo (c. 188 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Ruteng (c. 34 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ruteng, Labuhanbajo.
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 two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 13 km NNW of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia.
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