A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Tarakan in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 117.7668° East, 3.36° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 08:56:34 / 8:56 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000rq1a. Event ids that are associated: us6000rq1a. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/11/25 / 2025-11-08 08:56:34 / November 8, 2025 @ 8:56 am.
Event epicenter was 20 km (13 miles) from Tarakan (c. 97 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Sembakung (c. 8 100 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sembakung, Tarakan.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 20 km ENE of Tarakan, Indonesia.
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