A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Mamasa in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.62 km (18 miles). The temblor was reported at 22:51:36 / 10:51 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 119.3536° East, -3.0629° South, depth 28.62 km. Global time and date of event 02/07/19 / 2019-07-02 14:51:36 / July 2, 2019 @ 2:51 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us70004i99. Ids that are associated to the event: us70004i99.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palopo, Majene, Mamuju (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Palopo (c. 129 300 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Polewali (c. 58 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Rantepao (c. 40 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Majene (c. 37 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Mamuju (c. 15 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
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. 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-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: 13 km S of Mamasa, Indonesia.
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