A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Nggongi in Indonesia on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h68e. Id of event: us1000h68e. Exact location of event, longitude 120.1283 East, latitude -10.4392 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Nggongi in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/10/18 / 2018-10-03 12:38:05 / October 3, 2018 @ 12:38 pm. The temblor was reported at 20:38:05 / 8:38 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waingapu (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Waingapu (c. 48 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 29 km SSW of Nggongi, Indonesia.
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