A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Luwuk in Indonesia on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/09/16 / 2016-09-23 23:34:34 / September 23, 2016 @ 11:34 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 122.1601 East, latitude -0.7429 South, depth = 9.89 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10006uqh. Unique identifier: us10006uqh. The temblor was detected at 07:34:34 / 7:34 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.89 km (6 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Luwuk (c. 47 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luwuk.
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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 73 km WNW of Luwuk, Indonesia.
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