A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Sijunjung in Indonesia on Tuesday. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:48:27 / 7:48 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 100.866° East, -0.7828° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/12/25 / 2025-12-09 19:48:27 / December 9, 2025 @ 7:48 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rtqb. Unique identifier: us6000rtqb. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from Padang (c. 840 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Payakumbuh (c. 121 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Bukittinggi (c. 98 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Pariaman (c. 92 200 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Solok (c. 48 400 pop), 15 km (10 miles) from Sijunjung (c. 27 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pariaman, Bukittinggi, Payakumbuh (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 15 km SW of Sijunjung, Indonesia.
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