A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 65 km W of Saumlaki, Indonesia (40 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude 130.7199 East, latitude -7.947 South, depth = 125.22 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 125.22 km (78 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us10004tt9. Unique identifier: us10004tt9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 22:33:04 / 10:33 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/03/16 / 2016-03-01 13:33:04 / March 1, 2016 @ 1:33 pm.
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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 65 km W of Saumlaki, Indonesia.
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