A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Masamba in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/07/25 / 2025-07-24 13:07:02 / July 24, 2025 @ 1:07 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us6000qulb. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qulb. The temblor was detected at 13:07:02 / 1:07 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.586 km (26 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 120.7193 East, latitude -2.0783 South, depth = 42.586 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Poso (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. 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: 68 km NE of Masamba, Indonesia.
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