A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Luwuk in Indonesia on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003j3e. Id of event: us20003j3e. The temblor was detected at 07:39:16 / 7:39 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 12/09/15 / 2015-09-12 23:39:16 / September 12, 2015 @ 11:39 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 122.1541° East, -0.7382° South.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luwuk. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Luwuk (c. 47 800 pop).
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. 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 74 km WNW of Luwuk, Indonesia.
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