A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Kupang in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 123.8332 East, latitude -10.2357 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 08:52:09 / 8:52 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 22/08/25 / 2025-08-22 08:52:09 / August 22, 2025 @ 8:52 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qwqj. Unique identifier: us7000qwqj.

Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Soe, Kupang (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 26 km (16 miles) from Kupang (c. 282 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop).

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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 25 km ESE of Kupang, Indonesia.

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