A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) strikes 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Mount Buller in Australia on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/08/24 / 2024-08-06 17:48:44 / August 6, 2024 @ 5:48 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 3.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:48:44 / 5:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 146.3566° East, latitude -37.4355° South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000niec. Id of event: us6000niec.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Traralgon, Moe, Healesville. The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Traralgon (c. 22 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Moe (c. 15 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Healesville (c. 7 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Australia (c. 21 516 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 32 km SSW of Mount Buller, Australia.
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