A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Luwuk in Indonesia. The temblor was detected at 13:58:01 / 1:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 122.4956° East, -0.2229° South, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/06/24 / 2024-06-02 13:58:01 / June 2, 2024 @ 1:58 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us7000mqzz. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mqzz.
Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Luwuk (c. 47 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luwuk.
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 two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 86 km NNW of Luwuk, Indonesia.
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