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Moderate earthquake 5 mag, 81 km NNE of Bima, Indonesia


Earthquake location -7.7436S, 118.8844WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Bima in Indonesia on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 118.8844 East, latitude -7.7436 South, depth = 24.518 km. Id of earthquake: us6000qu3r. Event ids that are associated: us6000qu3r. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.518 km (15 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/07/25 / 2025-07-22 08:40:11 / July 22, 2025 @ 8:40 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:40:11 / 8:40 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bima (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Bima (c. 67 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 81 km NNE of Bima, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 118.8844° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.7436° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 24.518 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 81 km NNE of Bima, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-07-22 08:40:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-22 08:54:19 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 385 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 1.537 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 36 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 us6000qu3r Id of event.
Event Code 6000qu3r An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qu3r, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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