A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 120 km N of Paciran, Indonesia (75 miles) on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/05/24 / 2024-05-13 06:42:29 / May 13, 2024 @ 6:42 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 112.5139 East, latitude -5.7976 South, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000my7x. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000my7x. The temblor was detected at 06:42:29 / 6:42 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 120 km N of Paciran, Indonesia.
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