A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 112 km WNW of Luwuk, Indonesia (70 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 121.8876 East, latitude -0.491 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/05/19 / 2019-05-19 14:53:37 / May 19, 2019 @ 2:53 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us60003t4a. Unique identifier: us60003t4a. The temblor was picked up at 22:53:37 / 10:53 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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: 112 km WNW of Luwuk, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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