A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 243 km S of Sidorukun, Indonesia (151 miles) on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 05/08/19 / 2019-08-05 19:42:44 / August 5, 2019 @ 7:42 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us600054mb. Event ids that are associated: us600054mb. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:42:44 / 3:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 113.8783 East, latitude -10.776 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 243 km S of Sidorukun, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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