A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Raha in Indonesia on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 27/05/25 / 2025-05-27 11:27:09 / May 27, 2025 @ 11:27 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 11:27:09 / 11:27 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 122.9699 East, latitude -5.0407 South, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us7000q1rm. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000q1rm.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Katabu. Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 52 km (32 miles) from Katabu (c. 42 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 35 km SE of Raha, Indonesia.
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