A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 195 km E of Enarotali, Indonesia (121 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/03/16 / 2016-03-23 21:31:14 / March 23, 2016 @ 9:31 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 138.1099 East, latitude -3.84 South, depth = 83 km. Id of earthquake: us20005c3s. Event ids that are associated: us20005c3s. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:31:14 / 6:31 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 83 km (52 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 195 km E of Enarotali, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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