A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Lailunggi in Indonesia. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 52.1 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us600041fz. Ids that are associated to the event: us600041fz. Exact location of earthquake, 120.0555° East, -10.3509° South, depth 52.1 km. The temblor was reported at 04:13:57 / 4:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/06/19 / 2019-06-16 20:13:57 / June 16, 2019 @ 8:13 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Lailunggi in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Waingapu (c. 48 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waingapu (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. 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: 20 km SSW of Lailunggi, Indonesia.
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