A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Luwuk in Indonesia on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/04/19 / 2019-04-13 02:29:49 / April 13, 2019 @ 2:29 am. Unique identifier: us7000359z. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000359z. The temblor was picked up at 10:29:49 / 10:29 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 122.6459° East, -1.7272° South.
The epicenter was 88 km (54 miles) from Luwuk (c. 47 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luwuk.
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 87 km S of Luwuk, Indonesia.
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