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Light earthquake 4 mag, 2 km N of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia


Earthquake location 1.5145S, 124.9711WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Laikit in Laikit II (Dimembe) in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:16:57 / 3:16 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000rhav. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rhav. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 177.068 km (110 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 124.9711° East, latitude 1.5145° North, depth = 177.068 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/09/25 / 2025-09-22 03:16:57 / September 22, 2025 @ 3:16 am.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tomohon, Bitung, Tondano. Earthquake epicenter was 14 km (9 miles) from Manado (c. 451 900 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Tondano (c. 33 300 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Tomohon (c. 27 600 pop), 3 km (2 miles) from Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (c. 8 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 2 km N of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 124.9711° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.5145° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 177.068 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2 km N of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-09-22 03:16:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-20 01:04:36 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 246 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.149 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 83 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 us6000rhav Id of event.
Event Code 6000rhav An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rhav, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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