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Strong earthquake 6.5 mag, 194 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia

Posted by admin on October 16, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -2.1676S, 138.9382WA earthquake magnitude 6.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 194 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia (121 miles). The temblor was picked up at 05:48:55 / 5:48 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 16/10/25 / 2025-10-16 05:48:55 / October 16, 2025 @ 5:48 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Abepura in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 138.9382 East, latitude -2.1676 South, depth = 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Unique identifier: us6000rhg5. Ids that are associated to the event: pt25289001, us6000rhg5, at00t47mtk.

Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 194 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 138.9382° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.1676° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 194 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 2025-10-16 05:48:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-16 06:07:31 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 1 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 650 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 ,pt,us,at, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 83 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.911 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.06 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 25 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000rhg5 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rhg5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt25289001,us6000rhg5,at00t47mtk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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