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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Abepura in Indonesia


Earthquake location -1.8439S, 139.1347WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 186 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia (116 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 139.1347 East, latitude -1.8439 South, depth = 25.691 km. Global time and date of event 03/09/25 / 2025-09-03 21:55:06 / September 3, 2025 @ 9:55 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 21:55:06 / 9:55 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25.691 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000qtms. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qtms.

In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 186 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 139.1347° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -1.8439° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 25.691 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 186 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-09-03 21:55:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-02 23:32:18 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 298 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 40 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.189 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 87 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 us7000qtms Id of event.
Event Code 7000qtms An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qtms, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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