A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Komodo in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 119.4903 East, latitude -8.2943 South, depth = 164.58 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 164.58 km (102 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 22:44:16 / 10:44 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000djs3. Event ids that are associated: us6000djs3. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/02/21 / 2021-02-20 22:44:16 / February 20, 2021 @ 10:44 pm.
Event epicenter was 49 km (31 miles) from Labuhanbajo (c. 188 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Bima (c. 67 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bima, Labuhanbajo.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 32 km N of Komodo, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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