A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Naisano Dua in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 21/05/25 / 2025-05-21 05:32:20 / May 21, 2025 @ 5:32 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 107.609 km (67 miles). The temblor was picked up at 05:32:20 / 5:32 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q0hr. Id of event: us7000q0hr. Exact location, longitude 123.7709° East, latitude -9.2164° South, depth = 107.609 km.
The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Soe, Kefamenanu, Pante Makasar.
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 42 km N of Naisano Dua, Indonesia.
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