A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Colonia in Micronesia on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/11/25 / 2025-11-29 13:29:48 / November 29, 2025 @ 1:29 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 13:29:48 / 1:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 138.1473° East, latitude 9.6239° North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000relk. Id of event: us7000relk. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Micronesia (c. 108 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Colonia. Event epicenter was 12 km (8 miles) from Colonia (c. 7 400 pop).

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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 12 km NNE of Colonia, Micronesia.

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