A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 144 km N of Saumlaki, Indonesia (89 miles). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:44:49 / 8:44 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/04/16 / 2016-04-17 23:44:49 / April 17, 2016 @ 11:44 pm. Exact location, longitude 131.417° East, latitude -6.6501° South, depth = 102.8 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 102.8 km (64 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us10005bq0. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005bq0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-three 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.
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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. 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: 144 km N of Saumlaki, Indonesia.
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