A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Manokwari in Indonesia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 36.169 km (22 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qunk. Id of event: us7000qunk. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:23:05 / 4:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 134.2058 East, latitude -1.0102 South, depth = 36.169 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/09/25 / 2025-09-08 04:23:05 / September 8, 2025 @ 4:23 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 21 km (13 miles) from Manokwari (c. 53 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Manokwari (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 22 km SE of Manokwari, Indonesia.

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