A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/10/25 / 2025-10-08 08:09:04 / October 8, 2025 @ 8:09 am. The temblor was detected at 08:09:04 / 8:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 102.2168° East, latitude -4.2534° South, depth = 56.505 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 56.505 km (35 miles). Event id: us6000rfke. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rfke.
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (31 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Curup (c. 46 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Curup, Bengkulu.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 50 km S of Bengkulu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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