A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Komodo in Indonesia. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/04/19 / 2019-04-07 07:15:28 / April 7, 2019 @ 7:15 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 174.1 km (108 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 119.5639 East, latitude -8.194 South, depth = 174.1 km. 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 15:15:28 / 3:15 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000kbq0. Event ids that are associated: us2000kbq0.
Epicenter of the event was 49 km (30 miles) from Labuhanbajo (c. 188 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Labuhanbajo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 43 km N of Komodo, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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