A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Labuan Bajo in Indonesia on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/08/25 / 2025-08-21 14:57:00 / August 21, 2025 @ 2:57 pm. The temblor was reported at 14:57:00 / 2:57 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000r2t1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r2t1. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 187.922 km (117 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 119.7259 East, latitude -8.2342 South, depth = 187.922 km.

The epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Labuhanbajo (c. 188 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ruteng (c. 34 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ruteng, Labuhanbajo.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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