A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Nggongi in Indonesia. The epicenter was at a depth of 38.97 km (24 miles). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:27:37 / 3:27 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000h9g3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h9g3. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/10/18 / 2018-10-02 07:27:37 / October 2, 2018 @ 7:27 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 120.2738° East, latitude -10.4126° South, depth = 38.97 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Waingapu (c. 48 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waingapu (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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