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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Bukittinggi in Indonesia

Posted by admin on December 28, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -0.1226S, 100.1207WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Bukittinggi in Indonesia. Exact location of event, longitude 100.1207 East, latitude -0.1226 South, depth = 46.27 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 46.27 km (29 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/12/25 / 2025-12-28 02:11:39 / December 28, 2025 @ 2:11 am. Id of earthquake: us7000rl53. Event ids that are associated: us7000rl53. The temblor was reported at 02:11:39 / 2:11 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Solok, Padang, Payakumbuh (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) from Padang (c. 840 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Payakumbuh (c. 121 600 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Bukittinggi (c. 98 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Pariaman (c. 92 200 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Solok (c. 48 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 34 km NW of Bukittinggi, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 100.1207° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -0.1226° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 46.27 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34 km NW of Bukittinggi, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-12-28 02:11:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-28 03:16:07 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 326 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 37 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.913 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 153 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000rl53 Id of event.
Event Code 7000rl53 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000rl53, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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