A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 85 km NE of Palue, Indonesia (53 miles) on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000653m. Id of event: us2000653m. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/06/16 / 2016-06-12 14:58:01 / June 12, 2016 @ 2:58 pm. The temblor was reported at 22:58:01 / 10:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 123.264° East, latitude -7.9303° South, depth = 216.93 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 216.93 km (135 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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