A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 54 km SE of Lemito, Indonesia (34 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 189.09 km (117 miles). Unique identifier: us10004ufb. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004ufb. The temblor was reported at 19:53:28 / 7:53 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.8924 East, latitude 0.1755 North, depth = 189.09 km. Global time and date of event 29/02/16 / 2016-02-29 11:53:28 / February 29, 2016 @ 11:53 am UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 54 km SE of Lemito, Indonesia.
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