A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 268 km S of Citotok, Indonesia (167 miles) on Wednesday. Unique identifier: us60003qk5. Ids that are associated to the event: us60003qk5. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/05/19 / 2019-05-22 11:50:44 / May 22, 2019 @ 11:50 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 108.5875 East, latitude -10.236 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:50:44 / 6:50 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 268 km S of Citotok, Indonesia.
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