A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Waingapu in Indonesia. Exact location of event, longitude 119.5607 East, latitude -9.9324 South, depth = 56.02 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000aclr. Id of event: us6000aclr. 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 04:16:00 / 4:16 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 56.02 km (35 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/06/20 / 2020-06-16 04:16:00 / June 16, 2020 @ 4:16 am.
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Waingapu (c. 48 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waingapu.
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 have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 82 km WSW of Waingapu, Indonesia.
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