A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Segamat in Malaysia. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:13:48 / 10:13 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000r3fi. Event ids that are associated: us6000r3fi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 102.936 East, latitude 2.4785 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/08/25 / 2025-08-23 22:13:48 / August 23, 2025 @ 10:13 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Close country/countries, Malaysia (c. 28 275 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Malacca (c. 180 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Kluang (c. 169 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Batu Pahat (c. 156 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Muar (c. 127 900 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Segamat (c. 69 800 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Kampung Bukit Baharu (c. 55 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bukit Rambai, Klebang Besar, Malacca.
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 have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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