A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 174 km SSE of Baing, Indonesia (108 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 121.3021 East, latitude -11.6182 South, depth = 11.6 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/12/15 / 2015-12-17 05:11:45 / December 17, 2015 @ 5:11 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100047uu. Id of event: us100047uu. The temblor was picked up at 13:11:45 / 1:11 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.6 km (7 miles).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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