A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Luwuk in Indonesia. Unique identifier: us70003c00. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003c00. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 00:44:54 / 12:44 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/04/19 / 2019-04-16 16:44:54 / April 16, 2019 @ 4:44 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 122.6285 East, latitude -1.7761 South, depth = 10 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luwuk (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Luwuk (c. 47 800 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 92 km S of Luwuk, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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