A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Nggongi Satu in Indonesia. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/10/18 / 2018-10-02 06:09:18 / October 2, 2018 @ 6:09 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.89 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:09:18 / 2:09 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000h5i1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h5i1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 120.29° East, -10.5031° South, depth 15.89 km.
Epicenter of the event was 94 km (59 miles) from Waingapu (c. 48 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waingapu (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 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: 34 km S of Nggongi Satu, Indonesia.
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