A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Dompu in Indonesia. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 135.939 km (84 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 118.3 East, latitude -8.573 South, depth = 135.939 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/02/25 / 2025-02-13 06:27:12 / February 13, 2025 @ 6:27 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pdc0. Id of event: us7000pdc0. 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 06:27:12 / 6:27 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 49 km (30 miles) from Bima (c. 67 000 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sumbawa Besar, Bima (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 18 km WSW of Dompu, Indonesia.
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