A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 46 km SE of Bunobogu, Indonesia (29 miles) on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 74.21 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 121.9524° East, latitude 0.7953° North, depth = 74.21 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:07:27 / 8:07 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 19/05/16 / 2016-05-19 00:07:27 / May 19, 2016 @ 12:07 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us20005y1x. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005y1x.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 46 km SE of Bunobogu, Indonesia.
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