A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Pototano in Indonesia. The temblor was detected at 14:07:09 / 2:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 117.7594° East, -8.2177° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/04/25 / 2025-04-16 14:07:09 / April 16, 2025 @ 2:07 pm. Event id: us6000q6g3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q6g3. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sumbawa Besar. Epicenter of the earthquake was 48 km (30 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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. 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: 37 km NE of Pototano, Indonesia.
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