A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Labuan Bajo in Indonesia. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:39:10 / 9:39 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/08/25 / 2025-08-19 09:39:10 / August 19, 2025 @ 9:39 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000r216. Unique identifier: us6000r216. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 168.366 km (105 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 119.7495° East, -8.3531° South, depth 168.366 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ruteng, Labuhanbajo. Epicenter of the event was 22 km (14 miles) from Labuhanbajo (c. 188 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Ruteng (c. 34 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. 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: 21 km NW of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia.
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