A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Bireun in Indonesia on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude 96.8231 East, latitude 4.6444 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000rlim. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000rlim. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/12/25 / 2025-12-30 13:43:09 / December 30, 2025 @ 1:43 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 13:43:09 / 1:43 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Meulaboh, Reuleuet, Lhokseumawe (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (43 miles) from Lhokseumawe (c. 89 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Reuleuet (c. 40 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Meulaboh (c. 35 100 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Bireun (c. 25 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 63 km SSE of Bireun, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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