A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Kawangu in Indonesia. The temblor was detected at 20:42:42 / 8:42 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 92.72 km (58 miles). Event id: us600056ep. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600056ep. Global time and date of event 17/08/19 / 2019-08-17 12:42:42 / August 17, 2019 @ 12:42 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 120.7024 East, latitude -9.4465 South, depth = 92.72 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Waingapu (c. 48 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waingapu.
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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 46 km ENE of Kawangu, Indonesia.
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