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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Abepura in Indonesia


Earthquake location -2.1424S, 139.5995WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 125 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia (78 miles) on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 11:40:24 / 11:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 139.5995 East, latitude -2.1424 South, depth = 32.083 km. Event id: us6000rld1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rld1. The epicenter was at a depth of 32.083 km (20 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 04/11/25 / 2025-11-04 11:40:24 / November 4, 2025 @ 11:40 am UTC/GMT.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 125 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 139.5995° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.1424° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 32.083 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 125 km WNW 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 2025-11-04 11:40:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-04 12:00:33 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 354 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 1.163 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 79 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 us6000rld1 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rld1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rld1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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