A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Wate in Indonesia on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hq9m. Id of event: us1000hq9m. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 189.31 km (118 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 120.9255 East, latitude -8.5198 South, depth = 189.31 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:26:36 / 7:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/11/18 / 2018-11-10 11:26:36 / November 10, 2018 @ 11:26 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ende, Ruteng. Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from Ende (c. 77 200 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Ruteng (c. 34 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
How would you describe the shaking?
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: 4 km WSW of Wate, Indonesia.
Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply