A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia (0 miles) on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000r2ab. Event ids that are associated: us6000r2ab. The epicenter was at a depth of 117.658 km (73 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 129.7936 East, latitude -7.0344 South, depth = 117.658 km. The temblor was reported at 09:12:00 / 9:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/08/25 / 2025-08-20 09:12:00 / August 20, 2025 @ 9:12 am.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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