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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Ransiki in Indonesia


Earthquake location -1.3665S, 133.9477WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Ransiki in Indonesia. The temblor was detected at 10:33:20 / 10:33 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qa65. Unique identifier: us7000qa65. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/07/25 / 2025-07-02 10:33:20 / July 2, 2025 @ 10:33 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 133.9477 East, latitude -1.3665 South, depth = 41.023 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 41.023 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Manokwari (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Manokwari (c. 53 200 pop).

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 eight 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 29 km WNW of Ransiki, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 133.9477° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -1.3665° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 41.023 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 29 km WNW of Ransiki, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-07-02 10:33:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-02 10:59:37 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 354 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 74 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.494 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 70 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 us7000qa65 Id of event.
Event Code 7000qa65 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qa65, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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