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Light earthquake 4.8 mag, 98 km ENE of Nabire, Indonesia

Posted by admin on October 3, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -2.9727S, 136.3008WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 98 kilometers (61 miles) from Nabire in Indonesia. Id of earthquake: us6000refu. Event ids that are associated: us6000refu. The temblor was detected at 06:18:28 / 6:18 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 136.3008 East, latitude -2.9727 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/10/25 / 2025-10-03 06:18:28 / October 3, 2025 @ 6:18 am.

The epicenter was 99 km (61 miles) from Nabire (c. 43 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nabire.

In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 98 km ENE of Nabire, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 136.3008° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.9727° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 98 km ENE of Nabire, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-03 06:18:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-03 06:58:35 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 354 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.795 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 57 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 us6000refu Id of event.
Event Code 6000refu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000refu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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