A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Masohi in Indonesia on Friday. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:53:15 / 11:53 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 22.913 km, 128.8609° East, -2.691° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/06/24 / 2024-06-21 23:53:15 / June 21, 2024 @ 11:53 pm. Id of earthquake: us6000n8w4. Event ids that are associated: us6000n8w4. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.913 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Amahai (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days ten 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 68 km N of Masohi, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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