A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Taniwel in Indonesia on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.8132 East, latitude -2.7102 South, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us600050yr. Event ids that are associated: us600050yr. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/08/19 / 2019-08-05 19:13:00 / August 5, 2019 @ 7:13 pm UTC/GMT. 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) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 04:13:00 / 4:13 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Amahai. The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 41 km ENE of Taniwel, Indonesia.
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