A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Nggongi Satu in Indonesia. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 120.2453° East, -10.487° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/11/17 / 2017-11-22 16:53:10 / November 22, 2017 @ 4:53 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000bsye. Unique identifier: us2000bsye. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:53:10 / 12:53 am (local time epicenter). 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 35 km (22 miles).
Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Waingapu (c. 48 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waingapu (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 32 km S of Nggongi Satu, Indonesia.
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