A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 211 km W of Tual, Indonesia (131 miles) on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 71.25 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us1000618l. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000618l. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/06/16 / 2016-06-30 00:22:31 / June 30, 2016 @ 12:22 am. Exact location, longitude 130.8473° East, latitude -5.5355° South, depth = 71.25 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 09:22:31 / 9:22 am (local time epicenter).
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 five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 211 km W of Tual, Indonesia.
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