A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Masohi in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/06/24 / 2024-06-22 09:13:20 / June 22, 2024 @ 9:13 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 09:13:20 / 9:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 129.535° East, -2.8532° South, depth 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mty7. Id of event: us7000mty7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Amahai. Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 79 km NE of Masohi, Indonesia.
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