A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Luwuk in Indonesia on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000354f. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000354f. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.3 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 02:23:18 / 2:23 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/04/19 / 2019-04-12 18:23:18 / April 12, 2019 @ 6:23 pm. Exact location of event, depth 28.3 km, 122.6154° East, -1.7762° South.
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Luwuk (c. 47 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luwuk.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 93 km SSW of Luwuk, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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