A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 16 km SSW of Ogotua, Indonesia (10 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/01/17 / 2017-01-16 05:32:04 / January 16, 2017 @ 5:32 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 120.1946° East, latitude 0.8322° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 13:32:04 / 1:32 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10007tg9. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007tg9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 16 km SSW of Ogotua, Indonesia.
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