A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Bukittinggi in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000rl54. Event ids that are associated: us7000rl54. The epicenter was at a depth of 58.494 km (36 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 100.0718 East, latitude -0.0529 South, depth = 58.494 km. Global time and date of event 28/12/25 / 2025-12-28 02:15:50 / December 28, 2025 @ 2:15 am UTC/GMT. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:15:50 / 2:15 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby 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 Payakumbuh, Pariaman, Bukittinggi. Earthquake epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Payakumbuh (c. 121 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Bukittinggi (c. 98 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Pariaman (c. 92 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 43 km NW of Bukittinggi, Indonesia.
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