A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 109 km SSE of Ngalupolo, Indonesia (68 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude 122.027 East, latitude -9.8211 South, depth = 53.81 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/02/16 / 2016-02-27 17:47:26 / February 27, 2016 @ 5:47 pm. The temblor was picked up at 01:47:26 / 1:47 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004u3v. Id of event: us10004u3v. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 53.81 km (33 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days five 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 109 km SSE of Ngalupolo, Indonesia.
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