A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Nggongi in Indonesia. Id of earthquake: us1000ha0h. Event ids that are associated: us1000ha0h. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/10/18 / 2018-10-03 11:54:46 / October 3, 2018 @ 11:54 am. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:54:46 / 7:54 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 120.2971° East, -10.4913° South, depth 10 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Waingapu (c. 48 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waingapu.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 33 km SSE of Nggongi, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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