A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Pototano in Indonesia. Exact location, longitude 117.6853° East, latitude -7.9363° South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/03/25 / 2025-03-13 08:51:07 / March 13, 2025 @ 8:51 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pyj8. Id of event: us6000pyj8. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:51:07 / 8:51 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sumbawa Besar. Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (43 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 57 km NNE of Pototano, Indonesia.
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