A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Bengkulu in Indonesia on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude 102.4545° East, latitude -4.6197° South, depth = 59.634 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/12/25 / 2025-12-24 05:30:31 / December 24, 2025 @ 5:30 am. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:30:31 / 5:30 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000rkj2. Unique identifier: us7000rkj2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59.634 km (37 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Bengkulu (c. 309 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bengkulu.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 92 km SSE of Bengkulu, Indonesia.
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