A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Tungguwaneng in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 206.32 km (128 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/07/15 / 2015-07-14 06:45:40 / July 14, 2015 @ 6:45 am. The temblor was picked up at 14:45:40 / 2:45 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us20002xcx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002xcx. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.205 East, latitude -8.3441 South, depth = 206.32 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ruteng, Ende. Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Ende (c. 77 200 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Ruteng (c. 34 600 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 13 km NNE of Tungguwaneng, Indonesia.
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