A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 188 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia (117 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 139.0521 East, latitude -1.9697 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000r0tn. Event ids that are associated: us6000r0tn. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/08/25 / 2025-08-14 19:45:39 / August 14, 2025 @ 7:45 pm. The temblor was picked up at 19:45:39 / 7:45 pm (local time epicenter).

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

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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. 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: 188 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia.

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