A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 203 km SSE of Amahusu, Indonesia (126 miles). The temblor was detected at 14:13:44 / 2:13 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 329.69 km (205 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us10004xsp. Unique identifier: us10004xsp. Exact location of event, depth 329.69 km, 128.5117° East, -5.5272° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/03/16 / 2016-03-10 05:13:44 / March 10, 2016 @ 5:13 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 203 km SSE of Amahusu, Indonesia.
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