A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 121 km SE of Modayag, Indonesia (75 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us100072pq. Unique identifier: us100072pq. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/10/16 / 2016-10-24 21:43:12 / October 24, 2016 @ 9:43 pm. Exact location, longitude 125.2239° East, latitude 0.0092° North, depth = 71.3 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 71.3 km (44 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:43:12 / 5:43 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 121 km SE of Modayag, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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