A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Fef in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 131.8692 East, latitude -0.301 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 12:27:25 / 12:27 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q0iv. Id of event: us7000q0iv. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/05/25 / 2025-05-21 12:27:25 / May 21, 2025 @ 12:27 pm.
The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Sorong (c. 125 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sorong (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 84 km NW of Fef, Indonesia.
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