A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 126 km E of Watubuku, Indonesia (78 miles) on Friday. The temblor was detected at 09:31:31 / 9:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 123.8717 East, latitude -8.3937 South, depth = 185.12 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/06/16 / 2016-06-24 01:31:31 / June 24, 2016 @ 1:31 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 185.12 km (115 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us200067wx. Unique identifier: us200067wx. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 126 km E of Watubuku, Indonesia.
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