A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 144 km ENE of Enarotali, Indonesia (89 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 08/03/17 / 2017-03-08 22:49:50 / March 8, 2017 @ 10:49 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 65.75 km (41 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 137.5055 East, latitude -3.311 South, depth = 65.75 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100087tu. Id of event: us100087tu. The temblor was detected at 07:49:50 / 7:49 am (local time epicenter).
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 three and in the last 365 days ten 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: 144 km ENE of Enarotali, Indonesia.
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