A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Sangiang in Indonesia on Monday. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:05:38 / 8:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 118.9899 East, latitude -7.8195 South, depth = 42.16 km. 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 42.16 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us10004ufc. Unique identifier: us10004ufc. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/02/16 / 2016-02-29 12:05:38 / February 29, 2016 @ 12:05 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bima (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Bima (c. 67 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 fifteen 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 53 km N of Sangiang, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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