A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Waingapu in Indonesia. Exact location of event, longitude 120.4812 East, latitude -10.3564 South, depth = 44.512 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000qvrp. Event ids that are associated: us7000qvrp. The temblor was reported at 18:38:26 / 6:38 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 44.512 km (28 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/09/25 / 2025-09-12 18:38:26 / September 12, 2025 @ 6:38 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 81 km (51 miles) from Waingapu (c. 48 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waingapu (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 80 km SSE of Waingapu, Indonesia.
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