A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Labuhankananga in Indonesia on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.04 km (16 miles). Event id: us10007sdm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007sdm. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/01/17 / 2017-01-10 17:10:54 / January 10, 2017 @ 5:10 pm. The temblor was detected at 01:10:54 / 1:10 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 25.04 km, 117.5704° East, -8.1829° South.
Earthquake epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Sumbawa Besar (c. 52 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sumbawa Besar.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 22 km WSW of Labuhankananga, Indonesia.
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