A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 66 km SW of Tugu Hilir, Indonesia (41 miles) on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude 105.15 East, latitude -7.1722 South, depth = 64.88 km. Global time and date of event 21/02/16 / 2016-02-21 23:05:47 / February 21, 2016 @ 11:05 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 06:05:47 / 6:05 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us10004sdp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004sdp. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64.88 km (40 miles).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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