A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 150 km NNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (93 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/01/17 / 2017-01-02 03:52:56 / January 2, 2017 @ 3:52 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 89.92 km (56 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 130.6883 East, latitude -6.7434 South, depth = 89.92 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:52:56 / 12:52 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007p5y. Id of event: us10007p5y.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 150 km NNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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