A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Kendari in Indonesia on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 00:50:41 / 12:50 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/01/25 / 2025-01-29 00:50:41 / January 29, 2025 @ 12:50 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000p9qm. Unique identifier: us7000p9qm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.283 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.8659 East, latitude -3.9743 South, depth = 9.283 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Kendari (c. 195 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kendari (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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