A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Pototano in Indonesia on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/03/25 / 2025-03-20 22:09:03 / March 20, 2025 @ 10:09 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 22:09:03 / 10:09 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 117.895 East, latitude -8.0137 South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000plfu. Id of event: us7000plfu.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sumbawa Besar. Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 63 km NE of Pototano, Indonesia.
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