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Strong earthquake, 6.3 mag was detected near Abepura in Indonesia

Posted by admin on August 12, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -2.057S, 138.9733WA earthquake with magnitude 6.3 (ml/mb) was reported 193 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia (120 miles) on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt25224000, at00t0vgov, us6000r01m. Id of event: us6000r01m. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/08/25 / 2025-08-12 08:24:22 / August 12, 2025 @ 8:24 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 08:24:22 / 8:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 138.9733 East, latitude -2.057 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Abepura in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 193 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 138.9733° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.057° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 193 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-08-12 08:24:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-12 08:43:52 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 1 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 611 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 ,pt,at,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 84 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.967 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 23 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 us6000r01m Id of event.
Event Code 6000r01m An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt25224000,at00t0vgov,us6000r01m, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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