A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Babakantonggoh in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 74.47 km, 105.2566° East, -6.5423° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/08/19 / 2019-08-03 09:24:18 / August 3, 2019 @ 9:24 am. Id of earthquake: us600052wm. Event ids that are associated: us600052wm. The temblor was detected at 16:24:18 / 4:24 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 74.47 km (46 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Labuan (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Labuan (c. 33 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 44 km WNW of Babakantonggoh, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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