A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 175 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia (109 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/09/25 / 2025-09-08 07:02:55 / September 8, 2025 @ 7:02 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 07:02:55 / 7:02 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000re9i. Event ids that are associated: us6000re9i. Exact location of earthquake, 139.1742° East, -1.9845° South, depth 35 km.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 175 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia.

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