A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Masamba in Indonesia. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/08/25 / 2025-08-15 02:28:37 / August 15, 2025 @ 2:28 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r0w7. Id of event: us6000r0w7. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 02:28:37 / 2:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 120.7381° East, -2.101° South, depth 10 km.
Epicenter of the event was 78 km (49 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Poso. Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 67 km NE of Masamba, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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