A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Luwuk in Indonesia. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:41:27 / 7:41 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/06/24 / 2024-06-26 19:41:27 / June 26, 2024 @ 7:41 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 72.884 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000na3j. Unique identifier: us6000na3j. Exact location, longitude 123.0829° East, latitude -0.2424° South, depth = 72.884 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Gorontalo (c. 144 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Luwuk (c. 47 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gorontalo, Luwuk. Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
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 four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 85 km NNE of Luwuk, Indonesia.
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