A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 170 km ESE of Labuha, Indonesia (106 miles). Exact location of event, depth 37.467 km, 128.9312° East, -1.1065° South. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 37.467 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/12/24 / 2024-12-14 05:00:08 / December 14, 2024 @ 5:00 am. The temblor was detected at 05:00:08 / 5:00 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nysw. Unique identifier: us7000nysw.
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. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 170 km ESE of Labuha, Indonesia.
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