A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 46 km SSW of Leksula, Indonesia (29 miles) on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 18:04:11 / 6:04 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 16.43 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/01/16 / 2016-01-30 10:04:11 / January 30, 2016 @ 10:04 am. Unique identifier: us20004w0w. Ids that are associated to the event: us20004w0w. Exact location of earthquake, 126.4005° East, -4.1831° South, depth 16.43 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 46 km SSW of Leksula, Indonesia.
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