A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Luwuk in Indonesia. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 122.6282° East, -1.7916° South. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/04/19 / 2019-04-22 13:52:16 / April 22, 2019 @ 1:52 pm. The temblor was picked up at 21:52:16 / 9:52 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003a8m. Id of event: us70003a8m. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luwuk. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Luwuk (c. 47 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 94 km S of Luwuk, Indonesia.
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