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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Dibba Al-Fujairah in United Arab Emirates


Earthquake location 25.5756S, 56.1774WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Dibba Al-Fujairah in United Arab Emirates on Tuesday. Unique identifier: us6000rld8. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rld8. The temblor was detected at 12:40:55 / 12:40 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.362 km (7 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/11/25 / 2025-11-04 12:40:55 / November 4, 2025 @ 12:40 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 11.362 km, 56.1774° East, 25.5756° North.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sharjah, Ajman, Khaşab. Event epicenter was 81 km (51 miles) from Sharjah (c. 543 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Ajman (c. 226 200 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Ras al-Khaimah (c. 115 900 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Al Fujayrah (c. 62 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Umm al Qaywayn (c. 44 400 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Khawr Fakkān (c. 33 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United Arab Emirates (c. 4 976 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km WSW of Dibba Al-Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 56.1774° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 25.5756° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.362 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km WSW of Dibba Al-Fujairah, United Arab Emirates Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-11-04 12:40:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-04 13:29:11 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.7 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 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 285 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.628 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 124 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 us6000rld8 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rld8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rld8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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