A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Naisano Dua in Indonesia on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 08:21:13 / 8:21 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 29/01/19 / 2019-01-29 00:21:13 / January 29, 2019 @ 12:21 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 123.8364 East, latitude -9.1933 South, depth = 78.63 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jhcy. Id of event: us2000jhcy. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 78.63 km (49 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Soe, Kefamenanu, Pante Makasar. Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop).
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 three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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