A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 187 km W of Abepura, Indonesia (116 miles). The temblor was picked up at 09:05:42 / 9:05 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.796 km (25 miles). Global time and date of event 16/10/25 / 2025-10-16 09:05:42 / October 16, 2025 @ 9:05 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 40.796 km, 138.9645° East, -2.3449° South. Unique identifier: us6000rhhn. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rhhn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 187 km W of Abepura, Indonesia.
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