A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Tambolaka in Indonesia. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:55:57 / 3:55 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/08/24 / 2024-08-23 03:55:57 / August 23, 2024 @ 3:55 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 119.2943° East, -9.1127° South. Event id: us7000n8wi. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n8wi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bima, Labuhanbajo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Labuhanbajo (c. 188 700 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Bima (c. 67 000 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 35 km N of Tambolaka, Indonesia.
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