A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Pototano in Indonesia. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/04/25 / 2025-04-15 08:33:52 / April 15, 2025 @ 8:33 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pw4e. Unique identifier: us7000pw4e. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 08:33:52 / 8:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 117.7873° East, latitude -8.1968° South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sumbawa Besar (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 41 km NE of Pototano, Indonesia.
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