A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Luwuk in Indonesia on Wednesday. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:15:16 / 8:15 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003ia5. Id of event: us70003ia5. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 122.6399° East, -1.79° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/05/19 / 2019-05-08 12:15:16 / May 8, 2019 @ 12:15 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luwuk. Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Luwuk (c. 47 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 94 km S of Luwuk, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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