A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes Sulawesi, Indonesia kilometers (0 miles) from Sulawesi, Indonesia on Friday. Global time and date of event 06/11/20 / 2020-11-06 23:41:48 / November 6, 2020 @ 11:41 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:41:48 / 11:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 119.3834 East, latitude -1.9796 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000cbmv. Id of event: us7000cbmv.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mamuju. Epicenter of the earthquake was 95 km (59 miles) from Mamuju (c. 15 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eleven 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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