A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 12 km SSE of Lemito, Indonesia (7 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 19:36:37 / 7:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 121.6243 East, latitude 0.4392 North, depth = 101.69 km. Unique identifier: us20005aii. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005aii. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/03/16 / 2016-03-14 11:36:37 / March 14, 2016 @ 11:36 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 101.69 km (63 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 12 km SSE of Lemito, Indonesia.
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