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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Meulaboh in Indonesia

Posted by admin on September 23, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 3.2868S, 95.7209WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 104 kilometers (65 miles) from Meulaboh in Indonesia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 29.382 km (18 miles). The temblor was reported at 01:20:40 / 1:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/09/25 / 2025-09-23 01:20:40 / September 23, 2025 @ 1:20 am. Exact location, longitude 95.7209° East, latitude 3.2868° North, depth = 29.382 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000rc7c. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rc7c.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Meulaboh. Epicenter of the event was 105 km (65 miles) from Meulaboh (c. 35 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 104 km SSW of Meulaboh, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 95.7209° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 3.2868° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 29.382 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 104 km SSW of Meulaboh, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-09-23 01:20:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-23 01:38:00 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 400 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 64 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.284 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 69 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000rc7c Id of event.
Event Code 6000rc7c An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rc7c, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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