A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Masohi in Indonesia on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 129.5231° East, -2.8289° South. The temblor was picked up at 09:24:01 / 9:24 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/06/24 / 2024-06-22 09:24:01 / June 22, 2024 @ 9:24 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us7000mtxu. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mtxu.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Amahai (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop).
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 four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 80 km NE of Masohi, Indonesia.
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