A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 94 km S of Luwuk, Indonesia (58 miles). Exact location, longitude 122.658° East, latitude -1.8008° South, depth = 12.43 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000357x. Event ids that are associated: us7000357x. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/04/19 / 2019-04-12 22:39:31 / April 12, 2019 @ 10:39 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 12.43 km (8 miles). The temblor was picked up at 06:39:31 / 6:39 am (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eight 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 94 km S of Luwuk, Indonesia.
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