A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Luwuk in Indonesia on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/08/19 / 2019-08-04 18:08:25 / August 4, 2019 @ 6:08 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us600050l3. Event ids that are associated: us600050l3. The epicenter was at a depth of 94.59 km (59 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 123.0072 East, latitude -0.295 South, depth = 94.59 km. The temblor was picked up at 02:08:25 / 2:08 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Luwuk (c. 47 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gorontalo, Luwuk (min 5000 pop).
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 seventeen 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 76 km NNE of Luwuk, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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