A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Tual in Indonesia. Exact location of event, longitude 132.4158 East, latitude -6.2176 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 22:41:45 / 10:41 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us60006rhi. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006rhi. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/12/19 / 2019-12-14 13:41:45 / December 14, 2019 @ 1:41 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tual (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 78 km (49 miles) from Tual (c. 39 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 71 km SSW of Tual, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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