A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Nggilat in Indonesia. Event id: us70003m1q. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003m1q. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/05/19 / 2019-05-07 16:20:06 / May 7, 2019 @ 4:20 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 120.2241° East, latitude -7.9194° South, depth = 206.48 km. The temblor was picked up at 00:20:06 / 12:20 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 206.48 km (128 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ruteng, Labuhanbajo. Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Labuhanbajo (c. 188 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Ruteng (c. 34 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 43 km N of Nggilat, Indonesia.
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