A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Luwuk in Indonesia on Thursday. Id of earthquake: us1000h3a1. Event ids that are associated: us1000h3a1. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/09/18 / 2018-09-20 00:48:52 / September 20, 2018 @ 12:48 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 86.38 km (54 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 123.0693° East, latitude -0.3079° South, depth = 86.38 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:48:52 / 8:48 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (49 miles) from Luwuk (c. 47 800 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luwuk (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 77 km NNE of Luwuk, Indonesia.
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