A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 110 km SSE of Soe, Indonesia (68 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 15.07 km, 124.7211° East, -10.762° South. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:08:26 / 6:08 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 15.07 km (9 miles). Unique identifier: us10004e5n. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004e5n. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/01/16 / 2016-01-07 22:08:26 / January 7, 2016 @ 10:08 pm.
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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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