A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 80 km S of Kahale, Indonesia (50 miles) on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/01/19 / 2019-01-23 12:36:10 / January 23, 2019 @ 12:36 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 119.0025 East, latitude -10.4139 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 20:36:10 / 8:36 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000j7t5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j7t5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 80 km S of Kahale, Indonesia.
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