A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 81 km N of Laiwui, Indonesia (50 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:22:58 / 9:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.6196 East, latitude -0.612 South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/07/19 / 2019-07-14 12:22:58 / July 14, 2019 @ 12:22 pm. Event id: us70004k28. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70004k28. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 81 km N of Laiwui, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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