A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Padangsidempuan in Indonesia. The temblor was detected at 16:32:15 / 4:32 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/08/25 / 2025-08-23 16:32:15 / August 23, 2025 @ 4:32 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 131.094 km (81 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qwxx. Id of event: us7000qwxx. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 99.4771 East, latitude 0.7107 North, depth = 131.094 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Padangsidempuan (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Padangsidempuan (c. 100 600 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirteen 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 77 km SSE of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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