A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Komodo in Indonesia. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 171.906 km (107 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us7000qupn. Event ids that are associated: us7000qupn. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 119.4621 East, latitude -8.4201 South, depth = 171.906 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:11:36 / 7:11 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/09/25 / 2025-09-08 07:11:36 / September 8, 2025 @ 7:11 am.
The epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Labuhanbajo (c. 188 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Bima (c. 67 000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bima, Labuhanbajo.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 19 km N of Komodo, Indonesia.
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