A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Nggongi Satu in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The temblor was detected at 08:37:45 / 8:37 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000h9er. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h9er. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 120.1729° East, latitude -10.4476° South, depth = 35 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/10/18 / 2018-10-02 00:37:45 / October 2, 2018 @ 12:37 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Waingapu (c. 48 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waingapu (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 28 km SSW of Nggongi Satu, Indonesia.
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