A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Nggongi Satu in Indonesia. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/10/18 / 2018-10-03 09:58:06 / October 3, 2018 @ 9:58 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 120.2732° East, -10.5439° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 17:58:06 / 5:58 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000h66t. Event ids that are associated: us1000h66t. A tsunami warning has been issued near Nggongi Satu in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waingapu. The epicenter was 99 km (61 miles) from Waingapu (c. 48 800 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 38 km S of Nggongi Satu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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