A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Taliwang in Indonesia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 07:31:10 / 7:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 117.0115 East, latitude -9.0052 South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qgwj. Id of event: us6000qgwj. Global time and date of event 17/05/25 / 2025-05-17 07:31:10 / May 17, 2025 @ 7:31 am UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Praya, Sumbawa Besar. Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Praya (c. 35 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 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: 33 km SSE of Taliwang, Indonesia.

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