A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Mbulung in Indonesia on Wednesday. Id of earthquake: us2000d5n4. Event ids that are associated: us2000d5n4. Exact location of earthquake, 120.356° East, -10.5016° South, depth 51.94 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.94 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/02/18 / 2018-02-21 00:33:10 / February 21, 2018 @ 12:33 am. The temblor was reported at 08:33:10 / 8:33 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 94 km (59 miles) from Waingapu (c. 48 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waingapu. Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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.
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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. 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: 36 km SSW of Mbulung, Indonesia.
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