A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Luwuk in Indonesia. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:22:41 / 2:22 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/04/19 / 2019-04-24 18:22:41 / April 24, 2019 @ 6:22 pm. Id of earthquake: us70003bhh. Event ids that are associated: us70003bhh. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 122.5894° East, latitude -1.7707° South, depth = 10 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Luwuk (c. 47 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luwuk (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 93 km SSW of Luwuk, Indonesia.
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