A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Lahad Datu in Malaysia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:43:35 / 8:43 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/03/16 / 2016-03-04 00:43:35 / March 4, 2016 @ 12:43 am. Id of earthquake: us10004w33. Event ids that are associated: us10004w33. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 118.4359 East, latitude 4.9182 North, depth = 34.96 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34.96 km (22 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Malaysia (c. 28 275 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 17 km (11 miles) from Lahad Datu (c. 105 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Semporna (c. 62 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Semporna, Lahad Datu.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 17 km SE of Lahad Datu, Malaysia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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