A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Mamuju in Indonesia on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 07:33:54 / 7:33 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/01/21 / 2021-01-14 07:33:54 / January 14, 2021 @ 7:33 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 118.6459 East, latitude -3.1303 South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000d2eh. Id of event: us7000d2eh.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Polewali (c. 58 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Majene (c. 37 700 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Mamuju (c. 15 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Polewali, Majene, Mamuju.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 56 km SSW of Mamuju, Indonesia.
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