A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 79 km NNE of Palue, Indonesia (49 miles). Id of earthquake: us100062k3. Event ids that are associated: us100062k3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 122.8746 East, latitude -7.7687 South, depth = 273.55 km. Global time and date of event 04/07/16 / 2016-07-04 16:43:31 / July 4, 2016 @ 4:43 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 00:43:31 / 12:43 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 273.55 km (170 miles).
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 four and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 79 km NNE of Palue, Indonesia.
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