A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Tual in Indonesia. Id of earthquake: us2000hhnz. Event ids that are associated: us2000hhnz. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/09/18 / 2018-09-20 16:36:52 / September 20, 2018 @ 4:36 pm. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:36:52 / 1:36 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.32 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 132.1096° East, -5.8187° South, depth 51.32 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tual (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Tual (c. 39 500 pop).
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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 72 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia.
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