A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Waingapu in Indonesia. The temblor was picked up at 19:21:17 / 7:21 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/02/25 / 2025-02-23 19:21:17 / February 23, 2025 @ 7:21 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 46.509 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 120.2789° East, latitude -9.417° South, depth = 46.509 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pfn2. Unique identifier: us7000pfn2.
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ruteng, Waingapu (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Waingapu (c. 48 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ruteng (c. 34 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 26 km N of Waingapu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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