A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Ruteng in Indonesia. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:12:21 / 6:12 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000nmk4. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nmk4. Exact location of event, longitude 120.419 East, latitude -8.6552 South, depth = 151.287 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 151.287 km (94 miles). Global time and date of event 23/10/24 / 2024-10-23 06:12:21 / October 23, 2024 @ 6:12 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Labuhanbajo (c. 188 700 pop), 7 km (5 miles) from Ruteng (c. 34 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Labuhanbajo, Ruteng.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 6 km SW of Ruteng, Indonesia.
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