A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Ruteng in Indonesia. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 167.966 km (104 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pvu2. Unique identifier: us6000pvu2. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 120.7829 East, latitude -8.4102 South, depth = 167.966 km. The temblor was reported at 15:52:59 / 3:52 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/02/25 / 2025-02-27 15:52:59 / February 27, 2025 @ 3:52 pm.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Labuhanbajo, Ruteng. Event epicenter was 99 km (61 miles) from Labuhanbajo (c. 188 700 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Ruteng (c. 34 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 41 km ENE of Ruteng, Indonesia.
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