A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 99 km N of Laiwui, Indonesia (62 miles) on Sunday. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:08:33 / 8:08 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 14/07/19 / 2019-07-14 11:08:33 / July 14, 2019 @ 11:08 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us70004k1m. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70004k1m. Exact location, longitude 127.7995° East, latitude -0.4601° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 99 km N of Laiwui, Indonesia.
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