A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 298 km S of Dampit, Indonesia (185 miles) on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000p0s6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000p0s6. The temblor was detected at 19:04:25 / 7:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 112.4438 East, latitude -10.8944 South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 22/12/24 / 2024-12-22 19:04:25 / December 22, 2024 @ 7:04 pm UTC/GMT.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 four 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.
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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. 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: 298 km S of Dampit, Indonesia.
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