A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Nggongi Satu in Indonesia on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/10/18 / 2018-10-01 23:12:02 / October 1, 2018 @ 11:12 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 120.1536° East, -10.4914° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was detected at 07:12:02 / 7:12 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us1000h5du. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h5du. A tsunami warning has been issued near Nggongi Satu in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Waingapu (c. 48 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waingapu (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 33 km SSW of Nggongi Satu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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