A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Manokwari in Indonesia on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/02/25 / 2025-02-21 01:20:09 / February 21, 2025 @ 1:20 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 133.8709° East, latitude -0.6041° South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us7000pf4z. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pf4z. The temblor was reported at 01:20:09 / 1:20 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 38 km (23 miles) from Manokwari (c. 53 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manokwari.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 35 km NW of Manokwari, Indonesia.
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