A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Ruteng in Indonesia. Exact location of event, longitude 120.5043 East, latitude -8.7796 South, depth = 120.53 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 120.53 km (75 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 20:06:45 / 8:06 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 06/12/25 / 2025-12-06 20:06:45 / December 6, 2025 @ 8:06 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rsxw. Unique identifier: us6000rsxw.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Labuhanbajo, Ruteng (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Labuhanbajo (c. 188 700 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Ruteng (c. 34 600 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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: 19 km SSE of Ruteng, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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