A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 96 km NNE of Laiwui, Indonesia (60 miles) on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/07/19 / 2019-07-14 15:39:41 / July 14, 2019 @ 3:39 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.8809 East, latitude -0.5075 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:39:41 / 12:39 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us60004upk. Event ids that are associated: us60004upk.
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-six, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 96 km NNE of Laiwui, Indonesia.
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