A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Masamba in Indonesia on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 03:59:17 / 3:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 120.6903 East, latitude -2.1266 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000rnav. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rnav. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/10/25 / 2025-10-25 03:59:17 / October 25, 2025 @ 3:59 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Poso. The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 62 km NE of Masamba, Indonesia.
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