A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 56 km SSW of Labuha, Indonesia (35 miles). Exact location, longitude 127.2738° East, latitude -1.0938° South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/10/24 / 2024-10-21 03:42:48 / October 21, 2024 @ 3:42 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 03:42:48 / 3:42 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000nqnp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nqnp.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 56 km SSW of Labuha, Indonesia.
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