Strong earthquake, 6.7 mag strikes near Abepura in Indonesia

A earthquake with magnitude 6.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 195 km W of Abepura, Indonesia (121 miles). The temblor was reported at 05:48:56 / 5:48 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/10/25 / 2025-10-16 05:48:56 / October 16, 2025 @ 5:48 am. A tsunami warning has been issued near Abepura in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 70 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: at00t47mtk. Ids that are associated to the event: pt25289001, at00t47mtk. Exact location, longitude 138.9° East, latitude -2.3° South, depth = 70 km.

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

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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: 195 km W of Abepura, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	138.9° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-2.3° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	70 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	195 km W 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 05:48:56	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-10-16 05:57:32	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	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	691	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	at	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pt,at,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	32	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.17 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	43.199996544	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	Mi	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	at00t47mtk	Id of event.
Event Code	00t47mtk	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt25289001,at00t47mtk,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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