A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Pototano in Indonesia. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:17:36 / 1:17 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 117.5885 East, latitude -7.7719 South, depth = 32.682 km. Global time and date of event 16/01/25 / 2025-01-16 13:17:36 / January 16, 2025 @ 1:17 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 32.682 km (20 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pked. Unique identifier: us6000pked.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sumbawa Besar. Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 71 km N of Pototano, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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