A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 100 kilometers (62 miles) from Naisano Dua in Indonesia on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 108.15 km (67 miles). Event id: us20003g6j. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003g6j. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:12:53 / 8:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.8706 East, latitude -8.6946 South, depth = 108.15 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 04/09/15 / 2015-09-04 00:12:53 / September 4, 2015 @ 12:12 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pante Makasar (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (49 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 two and in the last 365 days ten 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: 100 km N of Naisano Dua, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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