A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Soe in Indonesia. The temblor was picked up at 22:48:16 / 10:48 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/09/18 / 2018-09-19 14:48:16 / September 19, 2018 @ 2:48 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 124.4356° East, -10.6512° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us1000h2sn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h2sn.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Soe (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (56 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 89 km S of Soe, Indonesia.
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