A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Sabang in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:25:57 / 8:25 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/07/25 / 2025-07-05 20:25:57 / July 5, 2025 @ 8:25 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 94.9211° East, 6.09° North, depth 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qd0n. Unique identifier: us7000qd0n. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Banda Aceh, Sabang (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Banda Aceh (c. 250 800 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Sabang (c. 24 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 49 km WNW of Sabang, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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