A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 281 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia (175 miles). The temblor was reported at 04:43:12 / 4:43 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000rhqg. Event ids that are associated: us6000rhqg. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 116.402 km (72 miles). Exact location, longitude 130.4758° East, latitude -6.7597° South, depth = 116.402 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/10/25 / 2025-10-17 04:43:12 / October 17, 2025 @ 4:43 am.

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 six, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 281 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia.

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