A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 78 km NW of Gunungsitoli, Indonesia (48 miles) on Monday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:29:47 / 1:29 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/04/24 / 2024-04-29 13:29:47 / April 29, 2024 @ 1:29 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 31.015 km (19 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 97.0405 East, latitude 1.694 North, depth = 31.015 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000muvz. Id of event: us6000muvz.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 78 km NW of Gunungsitoli, Indonesia.
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