A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Abepura in Indonesia. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/03/25 / 2025-03-14 09:52:14 / March 14, 2025 @ 9:52 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43.213 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 09:52:14 / 9:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 140.5047 East, latitude -3.4571 South, depth = 43.213 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pys8. Unique identifier: us6000pys8.
Earthquake epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abepura (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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: 96 km S of Abepura, Indonesia.
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