A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Luwuk in Indonesia. Exact location of event, longitude 123.3373 East, latitude -0.4327 South, depth = 60.097 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:57:28 / 2:57 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/12/24 / 2024-12-26 14:57:28 / December 26, 2024 @ 2:57 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pfqg. Unique identifier: us6000pfqg. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 60.097 km (37 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luwuk (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Luwuk (c. 47 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 83 km NE of Luwuk, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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