A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 97 km SSE of Habibola, Indonesia (60 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 122.6834 East, latitude -9.5738 South, depth = 71.02 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 71.02 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/01/19 / 2019-01-01 16:25:37 / January 1, 2019 @ 4:25 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000iznk. Id of event: us2000iznk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 00:25:37 / 12:25 am (local time epicenter).
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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 97 km SSE of Habibola, Indonesia.
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