M4.9 earthquake 156 km NW of Luwuk, Indonesia

Magnitude

4.9 (mb), light

Local time

Sun, Jul 17, 1983, 9:33 AM GMT+8

UTC

1983-07-17 01:33:40 UTC

Depth

54.9 km (34.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

0.091° S, 121.666° E

Region

Indonesia

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

• Luwuk, IndonesiaPopulation 47,778. Forecast157 kmNW
• Toli-Toli, IndonesiaPopulation 242,783. Forecast157 kmSE
• Makassar, IndonesiaPopulation 1,474,393. Forecast615 kmNNE

After

1. 4.9154 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaSun, Jul 17, 1:44 PM GMT+8 · 15774 days ago · 53 km deep · 3 km away
2. 5.0153 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaSun, Jul 17, 6:14 PM GMT+8 · 15774 days ago · 50 km deep · 9 km away
3. 5.2157 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaSun, Jul 17, 7:40 PM GMT+8 · 15773 days ago · 54 km deep · 1 km away
4. 5.0152 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaSun, Jul 17, 9:15 PM GMT+8 · 15773 days ago · 34 km deep · 14 km away
5. 4.8145 km WNW of Luwuk, IndonesiaSun, Jul 17, 10:43 PM GMT+8 · 15773 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
6. 5.0151 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaMon, Jul 18, 12:01 AM GMT+8 · 15773 days ago · 54 km deep · 10 km away
7. 5.3151 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaMon, Jul 18, 3:04 AM GMT+8 · 15773 days ago · 61 km deep · 8 km away
8. 5.5155 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaMon, Jul 18, 6:10 AM GMT+8 · 15773 days ago · 52 km deep · 4 km away
9. 4.9160 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaMon, Jul 18, 7:12 AM GMT+8 · 15773 days ago · 56 km deep · 4 km away
10. 4.9Sulawesi, IndonesiaMon, Jul 18, 8:23 AM GMT+8 · 15773 days ago · 67 km deep · 19 km away
11. 5.1152 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaMon, Jul 18, 9:35 AM GMT+8 · 15773 days ago · 37 km deep · 10 km away
12. 5.3153 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaMon, Jul 18, 11:14 AM GMT+8 · 15773 days ago · 66 km deep · 4 km away
13. 5.3164 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaMon, Jul 18, 1:28 PM GMT+8 · 15773 days ago · 68 km deep · 8 km away
14. 5.3148 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaMon, Jul 18, 3:27 PM GMT+8 · 15773 days ago · 63 km deep · 10 km away
15. 5.1155 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaMon, Jul 18, 5:41 PM GMT+8 · 15773 days ago · 50 km deep · 12 km away
16. 4.7156 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaMon, Jul 18, 6:38 PM GMT+8 · 15773 days ago · 57 km deep · 1 km away
17. 4.7148 km WNW of Luwuk, IndonesiaMon, Jul 18, 7:40 PM GMT+8 · 15772 days ago · 72 km deep · 14 km away
18. 4.6144 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaMon, Jul 18, 8:18 PM GMT+8 · 15772 days ago · 59 km deep · 12 km away
19. 5.0137 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaMon, Jul 18, 8:36 PM GMT+8 · 15772 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
20. 5.0149 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaMon, Jul 18, 8:49 PM GMT+8 · 15772 days ago · 62 km deep · 10 km away
21. 5.2152 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaMon, Jul 18, 9:40 PM GMT+8 · 15772 days ago · 72 km deep · 6 km away
22. 5.1151 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaMon, Jul 18, 10:57 PM GMT+8 · 15772 days ago · 61 km deep · 9 km away
23. 4.785 km WSW of Gorontalo, IndonesiaMon, Jul 18, 11:56 PM GMT+8 · 15772 days ago · 142 km deep · 85 km away
24. 4.8145 km NNE of Poso, IndonesiaTue, Jul 19, 12:23 AM GMT+8 · 15772 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
25. 5.1154 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaTue, Jul 19, 2:10 AM GMT+8 · 15772 days ago · 44 km deep · 11 km away
26. 4.6Sulawesi, IndonesiaTue, Jul 19, 3:59 AM GMT+8 · 15772 days ago · 62 km deep · 5 km away
27. 4.4145 km WSW of Gorontalo, IndonesiaTue, Jul 19, 5:57 AM GMT+8 · 15772 days ago · 48 km deep · 25 km away
28. 5.0157 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaTue, Jul 19, 7:31 AM GMT+8 · 15772 days ago · 47 km deep · 13 km away
29. 5.0153 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaTue, Jul 19, 9:06 AM GMT+8 · 15772 days ago · 68 km deep · 4 km away
30. 5.1154 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaTue, Jul 19, 10:01 AM GMT+8 · 15772 days ago · 69 km deep · 10 km away
31. 5.1154 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaTue, Jul 19, 10:36 AM GMT+8 · 15772 days ago · 63 km deep · 13 km away
32. 4.8155 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaTue, Jul 19, 12:27 PM GMT+8 · 15772 days ago · 54 km deep · 3 km away
33. 5.1162 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaTue, Jul 19, 4:03 PM GMT+8 · 15772 days ago · 56 km deep · 8 km away
34. 5.0153 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaTue, Jul 19, 6:00 PM GMT+8 · 15772 days ago · 43 km deep · 5 km away
35. 5.2149 km WSW of Gorontalo, IndonesiaTue, Jul 19, 6:44 PM GMT+8 · 15772 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
36. 4.9160 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaTue, Jul 19, 7:42 PM GMT+8 · 15771 days ago · 65 km deep · 3 km away
37. 5.0159 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaTue, Jul 19, 8:42 PM GMT+8 · 15771 days ago · 55 km deep · 3 km away
38. 5.0150 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaTue, Jul 19, 10:18 PM GMT+8 · 15771 days ago · 56 km deep · 8 km away
39. 4.9157 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaTue, Jul 19, 11:11 PM GMT+8 · 15771 days ago · 62 km deep · 7 km away
40. 4.9149 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaWed, Jul 20, 12:39 AM GMT+8 · 15771 days ago · 58 km deep · 7 km away
41. 4.7148 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaWed, Jul 20, 12:59 AM GMT+8 · 15771 days ago · 62 km deep · 9 km away
42. 5.0154 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaWed, Jul 20, 2:22 AM GMT+8 · 15771 days ago · 53 km deep · 4 km away
43. 4.9157 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaWed, Jul 20, 3:44 AM GMT+8 · 15771 days ago · 52 km deep · 3 km away
44. 4.7159 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaWed, Jul 20, 5:53 AM GMT+8 · 15771 days ago · 65 km deep · 3 km away
45. 4.9157 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaWed, Jul 20, 7:14 AM GMT+8 · 15771 days ago · 48 km deep · 6 km away
46. 4.6158 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaWed, Jul 20, 11:46 AM GMT+8 · 15771 days ago · 43 km deep · 5 km away
47. 4.7155 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaWed, Jul 20, 3:44 PM GMT+8 · 15771 days ago · 50 km deep · 5 km away
48. 4.8149 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaWed, Jul 20, 4:41 PM GMT+8 · 15771 days ago · 69 km deep · 8 km away
49. 5.1143 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaWed, Jul 20, 5:20 PM GMT+8 · 15771 days ago · 50 km deep · 15 km away
50. 4.8163 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaWed, Jul 20, 6:33 PM GMT+8 · 15771 days ago · 53 km deep · 10 km away
51. 5.0153 km WSW of Gorontalo, IndonesiaWed, Jul 20, 10:02 PM GMT+8 · 15770 days ago · 69 km deep · 28 km away
52. 5.1148 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaThu, Jul 21, 12:08 AM GMT+8 · 15770 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
53. 4.8157 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaThu, Jul 21, 1:40 AM GMT+8 · 15770 days ago · 56 km deep · 3 km away
54. 4.9154 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaThu, Jul 21, 5:36 AM GMT+8 · 15770 days ago · 63 km deep · 9 km away
55. 4.8153 km WNW of Luwuk, IndonesiaThu, Jul 21, 8:00 AM GMT+8 · 15770 days ago · 65 km deep · 17 km away
56. 4.9156 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaThu, Jul 21, 10:31 AM GMT+8 · 15770 days ago · 63 km deep · 6 km away
57. 5.0153 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaThu, Jul 21, 4:46 PM GMT+8 · 15770 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
58. 5.1158 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaThu, Jul 21, 9:17 PM GMT+8 · 15769 days ago · 47 km deep · 4 km away
59. 4.5143 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaFri, Jul 22, 2:42 AM GMT+8 · 15769 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
60. 4.8151 km WNW of Luwuk, IndonesiaFri, Jul 22, 3:30 AM GMT+8 · 15769 days ago · 50 km deep · 14 km away

The first 60 of 119.

Before

1. 4.8153 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaSun, Jul 17, 6:46 AM GMT+8 · 15774 days ago · 52 km deep · 4 km away
2. 4.8153 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaSun, Jul 17, 2:17 AM GMT+8 · 15774 days ago · 47 km deep · 7 km away
3. 4.7148 km NW of Luwuk, IndonesiaSat, Jul 16, 10:09 PM GMT+8 · 15774 days ago · 68 km deep · 10 km away
4. 4.9147 km WNW of Luwuk, IndonesiaSat, Jul 16, 1:21 AM GMT+8 · 15775 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away

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