A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Tual in Indonesia on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/08/24 / 2024-08-13 18:52:00 / August 13, 2024 @ 6:52 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 18:52:00 / 6:52 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000njwf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000njwf. Exact location of event, longitude 132.6953 East, latitude -6.4376 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Tual (c. 39 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tual.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 89 km S of Tual, Indonesia.
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