A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 279 km S of Kute, Indonesia (173 miles) on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/06/16 / 2016-06-15 02:10:54 / June 15, 2016 @ 2:10 am. 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 30.19 km (19 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 116.2376° East, -11.4164° South, depth 30.19 km. Id of earthquake: us200064gy. Event ids that are associated: us200064gy. The temblor was picked up at 10:10:54 / 10:10 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 279 km S of Kute, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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