A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Luwuk in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.0784 East, latitude -0.4034 South, depth = 73.32 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:19:02 / 12:19 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 73.32 km (46 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us200030f3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200030f3. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/07/15 / 2015-07-07 04:19:02 / July 7, 2015 @ 4:19 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luwuk. Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Luwuk (c. 47 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 68 km NNE of Luwuk, Indonesia.
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