A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 102 km SSE of Luwuk, Indonesia (63 miles) on Saturday. Exact location, longitude 123.0658° East, latitude -1.8388° South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 00:01:19 / 12:01 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/04/19 / 2019-04-12 16:01:19 / April 12, 2019 @ 4:01 pm. 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: us700038l8. Id of event: us700038l8. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 102 km SSE of Luwuk, Indonesia.
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