A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Waingapu in Indonesia. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/12/20 / 2020-12-29 00:37:04 / December 29, 2020 @ 12:37 am. Unique identifier: us6000d3ug. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000d3ug. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 120.274 East, latitude -10.3569 South, depth = 35 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The temblor was detected at 00:37:04 / 12:37 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waingapu. The epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Waingapu (c. 48 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
Did you feel the quake?
What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 77 km S of Waingapu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2020 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply