A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 119 km ENE of Watubuku, Indonesia (74 miles) on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 189.14 km (118 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005h49. Id of event: us70005h49. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/09/19 / 2019-09-08 05:39:22 / September 8, 2019 @ 5:39 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:39:22 / 1:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 123.7971° East, latitude -8.3475° South, depth = 189.14 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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 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: 119 km ENE of Watubuku, Indonesia.
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