A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Luwuk in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 18.54 km, 123.2701° East, -0.6277° South. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:53:48 / 9:53 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 18.54 km (12 miles). Global time and date of event 05/02/21 / 2021-02-05 21:53:48 / February 5, 2021 @ 9:53 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000dgzv. Id of event: us6000dgzv.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luwuk. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 65 km (40 miles) from Luwuk (c. 47 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 64 km ENE of Luwuk, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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