A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Luwuk in Indonesia. The temblor was reported at 19:50:11 / 7:50 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/04/19 / 2019-04-12 11:50:11 / April 12, 2019 @ 11:50 am. A tsunami warning has been issued near Luwuk in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 122.611° East, latitude -1.6606° South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us700038kp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700038kp.
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Luwuk (c. 47 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luwuk.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 80 km SSW of Luwuk, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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