A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Tugu Hilir in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 105.2961 East, latitude -6.8118 South, depth = 64.93 km. Id of earthquake: us70007met. Event ids that are associated: us70007met. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/02/20 / 2020-02-10 05:22:57 / February 10, 2020 @ 5:22 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 12:22:57 / 12:22 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 64.93 km (40 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Labuan (c. 33 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Labuan.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. 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: 36 km W of Tugu Hilir, Indonesia.
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