A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Sibolga in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, 99.0865° East, 2.0438° North, depth 148.053 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/12/25 / 2025-12-18 10:45:05 / December 18, 2025 @ 10:45 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 148.053 km (92 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000rvnf. Event ids that are associated: us6000rvnf. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:45:05 / 10:45 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rantauprapat, Padangsidempuan, Bandar. Epicenter of the event was 83 km (52 miles) from Rantauprapat (c. 103 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Padangsidempuan (c. 100 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Sibolga (c. 79 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Bandar (c. 31 400 pop). 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 two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 47 km NE of Sibolga, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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