A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 99 kilometers (62 miles) from Labuan in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 53.847 km (33 miles). The temblor was picked up at 18:22:38 / 6:22 pm (local time epicenter). 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: 20/12/24 / 2024-12-20 18:22:38 / December 20, 2024 @ 6:22 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 104.9755° East, -6.6474° South, depth 53.847 km. Unique identifier: us7000p0fh. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000p0fh.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Labuan. Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 99 km (62 miles) from Labuan (c. 33 600 pop).
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 two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 99 km WSW of Labuan, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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