A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 180 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia (112 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 139.0855° East, latitude -2.1142° South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rhke. Unique identifier: us6000rhke. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 17:02:58 / 5:02 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 16/10/25 / 2025-10-16 17:02:58 / October 16, 2025 @ 5:02 pm UTC/GMT.

In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 180 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia.

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