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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Dompu in Indonesia


Earthquake location -8.5254S, 118.3588WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Dompu in Indonesia. Global time and date of event 06/07/25 / 2025-07-06 22:38:03 / July 6, 2025 @ 10:38 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 22:38:03 / 10:38 pm (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: us7000qb29. Unique identifier: us7000qb29. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 130.244 km (81 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 118.3588 East, latitude -8.5254 South, depth = 130.244 km.

Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Bima (c. 67 000 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sumbawa Besar, Bima.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km W of Dompu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 118.3588° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.5254° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 130.244 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 km W of Dompu, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-07-06 22:38:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-06 22:55:01 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 400 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 47 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.649 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 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 us7000qb29 Id of event.
Event Code 7000qb29 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qb29, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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