A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Luwuk in Indonesia on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/10/24 / 2024-10-30 02:38:18 / October 30, 2024 @ 2:38 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000nnxr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nnxr. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 02:38:18 / 2:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 123.4017° East, -1.5546° South.
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 96 km (59 miles) from Luwuk (c. 47 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luwuk (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 95 km SE of Luwuk, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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