A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 223 km NW of Tual, Indonesia (139 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 24.61 km, 131.5244° East, -4.0666° South. The temblor was picked up at 07:50:53 / 7:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/10/16 / 2016-10-06 22:50:53 / October 6, 2016 @ 10:50 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007cga. Id of event: us20007cga. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 24.61 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 223 km NW of Tual, Indonesia.
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