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Strong earthquake, 6.5 mag strikes near Abepura in Indonesia

Posted by admin on August 12, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -2.102S, 138.96WA earthquake magnitude 6.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 193 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia (120 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Abepura in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 6.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:24:25 / 8:24 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pt25224000. Unique identifier: pt25224000. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 12/08/25 / 2025-08-12 08:24:25 / August 12, 2025 @ 8:24 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 138.96 East, latitude -2.102 South, depth = 10 km.

Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. 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 twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 193 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 138.96° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.102° 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 08:24:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-12 08:33:25 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 650 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pt The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 43.199996544 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pt25224000 Id of event.
Event Code 25224000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt25224000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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