A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Luwuk in Indonesia on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 123.2775° East, latitude -0.6683° South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 09:07:46 / 9:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/07/25 / 2025-07-19 09:07:46 / July 19, 2025 @ 9:07 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qdsk. Unique identifier: us7000qdsk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luwuk (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 miles) from Luwuk (c. 47 800 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 62 km ENE of Luwuk, Indonesia.
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