A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Dompu in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 16:16:58 / 4:16 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12.034 km (7 miles). Exact location, longitude 118.6325° East, latitude -8.8414° South, depth = 12.034 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/01/25 / 2025-01-14 16:16:58 / January 14, 2025 @ 4:16 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pjxh. Id of event: us6000pjxh.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bima. The epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Bima (c. 67 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifteen 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: 38 km SSE of Dompu, Indonesia.
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