A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Waingapu in Indonesia on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 84.061 km (52 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/10/25 / 2025-10-21 07:10:32 / October 21, 2025 @ 7:10 am. The temblor was detected at 07:10:32 / 7:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 120.05° East, latitude -9.5135° South, depth = 84.061 km. Unique identifier: us6000riem. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000riem. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waingapu. Earthquake epicenter was 28 km (18 miles) from Waingapu (c. 48 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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: 28 km NW of Waingapu, Indonesia.

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