A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Labuan Bajo in Indonesia. The temblor was detected at 12:08:11 / 12:08 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 28/05/24 / 2024-05-28 12:08:11 / May 28, 2024 @ 12:08 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 192.846 km (120 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000n1gm. Unique identifier: us6000n1gm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 119.6856 East, latitude -8.1968 South, depth = 192.846 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Labuhanbajo (c. 188 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Labuhanbajo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. 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: 39 km NW of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia.
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