A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 68 km SSW of Labuha, Indonesia (42 miles) on Saturday. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:12:06 / 10:12 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000ri0j. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000ri0j. Exact location of event, longitude 127.1769 East, latitude -1.1674 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/10/25 / 2025-10-18 10:12:06 / October 18, 2025 @ 10:12 am. 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 10 km (6 miles).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 fourty-one 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 68 km SSW of Labuha, Indonesia.
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