A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Sape in Indonesia on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/06/25 / 2025-06-06 14:41:59 / June 6, 2025 @ 2:41 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 112.873 km (70 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000qier. Event ids that are associated: us6000qier. Exact location of event, longitude 118.7623 East, latitude -8.8381 South, depth = 112.873 km. The temblor was picked up at 14:41:59 / 2:41 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Bima (c. 67 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bima (min 5000 pop).
Every 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 four and in the last 365 days twenty-three 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.
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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: 38 km SW of Sape, Indonesia.
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