A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Masohi in Indonesia on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 09:08:55 / 9:08 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.338 km (13 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 129.4827 East, latitude -2.944 South, depth = 20.338 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/09/25 / 2025-09-27 09:08:55 / September 27, 2025 @ 9:08 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000rdax. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rdax.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Amahai (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 69 km NE of Masohi, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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