A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Masohi in Indonesia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qcuv. Id of event: us7000qcuv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 18:02:59 / 6:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 129.5118 East, latitude -3.484 South, depth = 74.908 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 74.908 km (47 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/07/25 / 2025-07-15 18:02:59 / July 15, 2025 @ 6:02 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Amahai (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (42 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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: 63 km ESE of Masohi, Indonesia.
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