A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Luwuk in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 123.2573° East, -0.6271° South, depth 10.193 km. Event id: us7000qci9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qci9. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.193 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/07/25 / 2025-07-14 03:50:09 / July 14, 2025 @ 3:50 am UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:50:09 / 3:50 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Luwuk (c. 47 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luwuk (min 5000 pop).
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 twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 63 km NE of Luwuk, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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