M 4.3 earthquake – 289 km E of Port Mathurin, Mauritius
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Local time: Dec 13, 2025 · 16:19 (UTC+4)
LightShallow · 10 km
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- Magnitude
- 4.3body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- -20.020, 66.156879 km from Bel Air Rivière Sèche
- Energy released
- 43 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 30 km
- Significance
- 284USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Aug 20, 2025.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 43 tons of TNT, 11 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Mauritius.
- 6.7 Mauritius - Reunion region May 12, 2021
- 6.7 Mauritius - Reunion region Jul 26, 2012
- 6.3 Mauritius - Reunion region Aug 16, 2010
- 6.3 Mauritius - Reunion region Feb 26, 2004
- 6.3 286 km NE of Port Mathurin, Mauritius Apr 7, 2000
- 6.2 Mauritius - Reunion region May 28, 2003
- 6.2 276 km NE of Port Mathurin, Mauritius Aug 11, 1988
- 6.2 296 km NE of Port Mathurin, Mauritius Sep 17, 1984