A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Liwa in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10004smj. Unique identifier: us10004smj. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/02/16 / 2016-02-22 19:39:44 / February 22, 2016 @ 7:39 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 104.4511 East, latitude -5.0537 South, depth = 138.56 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 138.56 km (86 miles). The temblor was picked up at 02:39:44 / 2:39 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Terbanggi Besar, Kotabumi. Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Terbanggi Besar (c. 52 600 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Kotabumi (c. 42 400 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. 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: 41 km E of Liwa, Indonesia.
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