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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Dompu in Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.573S, 118.3WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 118.3° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.573° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 135.939 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18 km WSW of Dompu, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-13 06:27:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-13 06:46:04 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 326 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.576 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 66 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pdc0 Id of event.
Event Code 7000pdc0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pdc0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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