A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Tarakan in Indonesia on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/11/25 / 2025-11-05 10:37:10 / November 5, 2025 @ 10:37 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:37:10 / 10:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 117.7887° East, latitude 3.2687° North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us6000rln1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rln1.

Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 22 km (14 miles) from Tarakan (c. 97 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Sembakung (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sembakung, Tarakan.

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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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 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: 22 km ESE of Tarakan, Indonesia.

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