A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 102 kilometers (63 miles) from Luwuk in Indonesia. Event id: us700038kq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700038kq. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/04/19 / 2019-04-12 11:45:36 / April 12, 2019 @ 11:45 am. A tsunami warning has been issued near Luwuk in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 122.631° East, latitude -1.8649° South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 19:45:36 / 7:45 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 103 km (64 miles) from Luwuk (c. 47 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luwuk (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 102 km S of Luwuk, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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