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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Waingapu in Indonesia


Earthquake location -9.5739S, 120.6193WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Waingapu in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 91.265 km (57 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000q1h0. Event ids that are associated: us7000q1h0. Exact location of event, longitude 120.6193 East, latitude -9.5739 South, depth = 91.265 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 03:29:02 / 3:29 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/05/25 / 2025-05-26 03:29:02 / May 26, 2025 @ 3:29 am.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 40 km (25 miles) from Waingapu (c. 48 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waingapu (min 5000 pop).

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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 40 km ENE of Waingapu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.6193° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.5739° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 91.265 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 40 km ENE of Waingapu, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-26 03:29:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-26 05:34:18 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 259 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.331 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 73 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000q1h0 Id of event.
Event Code 7000q1h0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000q1h0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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