A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Kotabumi in Indonesia. Exact location of event, depth 195.476 km, 104.723° East, -4.6179° South. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 195.476 km (121 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/08/25 / 2025-08-28 02:15:41 / August 28, 2025 @ 2:15 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qrh6. Unique identifier: us7000qrh6. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:15:41 / 2:15 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Metro (c. 149 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Baturaja (c. 134 800 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Terbanggi Besar (c. 52 600 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Kotabumi (c. 42 400 pop). 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 Metro, Baturaja, Terbanggi Besar.
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 28 km NW of Kotabumi, Indonesia.
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