A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Kon Tum in Vietnam. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000ny9y. Unique identifier: us6000ny9y. The temblor was detected at 11:39:45 / 11:39 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/10/24 / 2024-10-12 11:39:45 / October 12, 2024 @ 11:39 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 17.917 km (11 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 108.2943° East, 14.8076° North, depth 17.917 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Tam Kỳ (c. 59 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Kon Tum (c. 47 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Quảng Ngãi (c. 33 000 pop). Close country/countries, Vietnam (c. 89 571 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tam Kỳ, Quảng Ngãi, Kon Tum (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 58 km NNE of Kon Tum, Vietnam.
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