A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Masohi in Indonesia. The temblor was reported at 18:42:10 / 6:42 pm (local time epicenter). 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: us6000pwh1. Unique identifier: us6000pwh1. The epicenter was at a depth of 43.033 km (27 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/03/25 / 2025-03-02 18:42:10 / March 2, 2025 @ 6:42 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 129.4878° East, -3.5097° South, depth 43.033 km.
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Amahai.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 62 km ESE of Masohi, Indonesia.
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