A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Masohi in Indonesia on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nnvf. Id of event: us7000nnvf. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 16:52:02 / 4:52 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/10/24 / 2024-10-29 16:52:02 / October 29, 2024 @ 4:52 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 128.8747° East, -2.632° South.
The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Amahai.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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