A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Boal Atas in Indonesia. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/06/16 / 2016-06-02 18:02:26 / June 2, 2016 @ 6:02 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:02:26 / 2:02 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 112.99 km (70 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000603p. Id of event: us2000603p. Exact location of event, longitude 117.9336 East, latitude -9.1779 South, depth = 112.99 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sumbawa Besar (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 42 km S of Boal Atas, Indonesia.
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