A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Ngalupolo in Indonesia. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:07:48 / 3:07 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/07/19 / 2019-07-30 07:07:48 / July 30, 2019 @ 7:07 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 60.67 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.8161 East, latitude -9.2757 South, depth = 60.67 km. Unique identifier: us600051ua. Ids that are associated to the event: us600051ua. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maumere, Ende (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Ende (c. 77 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Maumere (c. 47 600 pop).
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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 45 km S of Ngalupolo, Indonesia.
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