A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Waingapu in Indonesia. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:31:05 / 9:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 119.9682° East, latitude -9.7605° South, depth = 59.115 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/02/25 / 2025-02-26 21:31:05 / February 26, 2025 @ 9:31 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59.115 km (37 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000pvpm. Event ids that are associated: us6000pvpm.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waingapu. Earthquake epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Waingapu (c. 48 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 34 km WSW of Waingapu, Indonesia.

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