A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 97 kilometers (60 miles) from Nabire in Indonesia. 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: 02/10/25 / 2025-10-02 22:45:05 / October 2, 2025 @ 10:45 pm. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:45:05 / 10:45 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 136.3486 East, latitude -3.126 South, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000redb. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000redb.
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nabire. Epicenter of the earthquake was 98 km (61 miles) from Nabire (c. 43 900 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 97 km ENE of Nabire, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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