A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Kendari in Indonesia. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/01/25 / 2025-01-29 03:51:45 / January 29, 2025 @ 3:51 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 121.8102 East, latitude -3.9132 South, depth = 26.716 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000p9rh. Unique identifier: us7000p9rh. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 26.716 km (17 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:51:45 / 3:51 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kendari (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Kendari (c. 195 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 78 km W of Kendari, Indonesia.
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