A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Labuan Bajo in Indonesia. 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: 02/05/25 / 2025-05-02 02:53:47 / May 2, 2025 @ 2:53 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 164.409 km (102 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pwi1. Id of event: us7000pwi1. The temblor was reported at 02:53:47 / 2:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 119.6871° East, -8.2796° South, depth 164.409 km.
Event epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from Labuhanbajo (c. 188 700 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Ruteng (c. 34 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ruteng, Labuhanbajo. 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 32 km NW of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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