Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag was detected near Padangsidempuan in Indonesia

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Padangsidempuan in Indonesia on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 101.913 km (63 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 98.8101 East, latitude 1.2563 North, depth = 101.913 km. The temblor was picked up at 15:29:00 / 3:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/08/25 / 2025-08-07 15:29:00 / August 7, 2025 @ 3:29 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000qywa. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qywa.

Earthquake epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Padangsidempuan (c. 100 600 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sibolga, Padangsidempuan (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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 one and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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. 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: 53 km WSW of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	98.8101° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	1.2563° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	101.913 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	53 km WSW of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-08-07 15:29:00	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-08-07 15:44:04	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	432	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	55	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.235	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.82 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	112	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	us6000qywa	Id of event.
Event Code	6000qywa	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000qywa,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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