A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Farasān in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. Unique identifier: us6000r0nw. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000r0nw. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/07/25 / 2025-07-29 06:13:46 / July 29, 2025 @ 6:13 am. Exact location, longitude 41.5819° East, latitude 16.4171° North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 06:13:46 / 6:13 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Farasān. Country/countries that might be effected, Saudi Arabia (c. 25 732 000 pop). Event epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Farasān (c. 10 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 65 km WSW of Farasān, Saudi Arabia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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