A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Kon Tum in Vietnam on Tuesday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:05:04 / 1:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 108.3142 East, latitude 14.7782 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000mx6b. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mx6b. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/04/24 / 2024-04-30 01:05:04 / April 30, 2024 @ 1:05 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vietnam (c. 89 571 000 pop). The epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Pleiku (c. 114 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Tam Kỳ (c. 59 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Kon Tum (c. 47 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Quảng Ngãi (c. 33 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pleiku, Tam Kỳ, Quảng Ngãi (min 5000 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 57 km NE of Kon Tum, Vietnam.
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