A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Nebe in Indonesia on Saturday. Unique identifier: us1000e75g. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000e75g. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 202.35 km (126 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/05/18 / 2018-05-12 15:59:28 / May 12, 2018 @ 3:59 pm. The temblor was detected at 23:59:28 / 11:59 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 202.35 km, 122.4785° East, -8.0337° South.
Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (44 miles) from Maumere (c. 47 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Maumere. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two and in the last 365 days seventeen 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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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: 49 km N of Nebe, Indonesia.
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