A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Maba in Indonesia on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/07/24 / 2024-07-09 13:50:01 / July 9, 2024 @ 1:50 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.71 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000my14. Event ids that are associated: us7000my14. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:50:01 / 1:50 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 128.2768° East, 1.1318° North, depth 9.71 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sofifi, Tobelo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Sofifi (c. 36 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Tobelo (c. 10 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 47 km N of Maba, Indonesia.
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