A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia (0 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 255.98 km (159 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100030dj. Id of event: us100030dj. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/08/15 / 2015-08-08 04:01:57 / August 8, 2015 @ 4:01 am. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:01:57 / 1:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 128.5085° East, latitude -7.1493° South, depth = 255.98 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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