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Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag was detected near Poso in Indonesia


Earthquake location -1.9968S, 120.6784WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) strikes 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Poso in Indonesia on Thursday. Id of earthquake: us6000qulk. Event ids that are associated: us6000qulk. Global time and date of event 24/07/25 / 2025-07-24 13:08:19 / July 24, 2025 @ 1:08 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34.704 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 13:08:19 / 1:08 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 120.6784° East, -1.9968° South, depth 34.704 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (42 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Poso (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirteen 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 66 km S of Poso, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.6784° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -1.9968° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.704 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66 km S of Poso, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-07-24 13:08:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-24 13:59:35 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 482 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 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.666 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 55 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000qulk Id of event.
Event Code 6000qulk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qulk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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