A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Cempa in Indonesia on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 119.8439 East, latitude -8.4035 South, depth = 150.3 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 150.3 km (93 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/09/19 / 2019-09-17 14:36:50 / September 17, 2019 @ 2:36 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 22:36:50 / 10:36 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us70005l3z. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005l3z.
Event epicenter was 11 km (7 miles) from Labuhanbajo (c. 188 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Ruteng (c. 34 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ruteng, Labuhanbajo. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. 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: 10 km NNW of Cempa, Indonesia.
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