A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 104 km SSE of Lolayan, Indonesia (65 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 124.706 East, latitude -0.2106 South, depth = 57.85 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005zni. Id of event: us20005zni. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:02:31 / 2:02 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 57.85 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/05/16 / 2016-05-27 18:02:31 / May 27, 2016 @ 6:02 pm.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 104 km SSE of Lolayan, Indonesia.
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