A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 166 km SSW of Tambakrejo, Indonesia (103 miles) on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/09/16 / 2016-09-10 11:21:17 / September 10, 2016 @ 11:21 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us10006nkt. Unique identifier: us10006nkt. Exact location of event, longitude 111.785 East, latitude -9.776 South, depth = 38.77 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 38.77 km (24 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:21:17 / 6:21 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 166 km SSW of Tambakrejo, Indonesia.
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