A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 84 km SSW of Kahale, Indonesia (52 miles) on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:47:55 / 10:47 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000je59. Event ids that are associated: us2000je59. Exact location of earthquake, 118.7175° East, -10.3602° South, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/01/19 / 2019-01-23 14:47:55 / January 23, 2019 @ 2:47 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 84 km SSW of Kahale, Indonesia.
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