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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Bariq in Saudi Arabia


Earthquake location 17.848S, 40.1509WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 222 km WSW of Bariq, Saudi Arabia (138 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 40.1509 East, latitude 17.848 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 10:16:17 / 10:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/10/25 / 2025-10-07 10:16:17 / October 7, 2025 @ 10:16 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us6000rk70. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rk70.

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 222 km WSW of Bariq, Saudi Arabia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 40.1509° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.848° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 222 km WSW of Bariq, Saudi Arabia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-07 10:16:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-03 17:47:27 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 298 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 29 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.8 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 164 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 us6000rk70 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rk70 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rk70, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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