A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Poso in Indonesia on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 16:54:23 / 4:54 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qgfr. Unique identifier: us6000qgfr. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.442 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/05/25 / 2025-05-13 16:54:23 / May 13, 2025 @ 4:54 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 120.842 East, latitude -1.6795 South, depth = 13.442 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Poso (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 33 km (21 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 32 km SSE of Poso, Indonesia.
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