A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 115 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (71 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/02/19 / 2019-02-19 16:55:21 / February 19, 2019 @ 4:55 pm. 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 49.41 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 130.3612° East, latitude -7.5201° South, depth = 49.41 km. Unique identifier: us2000jk27. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jk27. The temblor was detected at 01:55:21 / 1:55 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 115 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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