A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 90 km WNW of Laiwui, Indonesia (56 miles) on Monday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006fg8. Id of event: us20006fg8. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:21:42 / 10:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 126.9317 East, latitude -1.0125 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/07/16 / 2016-07-18 02:21:42 / July 18, 2016 @ 2:21 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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 two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 90 km WNW of Laiwui, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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