A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Bolengpulau in Indonesia. Id of earthquake: us700063h6. Event ids that are associated: us700063h6. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.46 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 119.8876 East, latitude -8.1833 South, depth = 11.46 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/10/19 / 2019-10-27 16:23:44 / October 27, 2019 @ 4:23 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 00:23:44 / 12:23 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 35 km (22 miles) from Labuhanbajo (c. 188 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Ruteng (c. 34 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ruteng, Labuhanbajo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 30 km NNW of Bolengpulau, Indonesia.
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