A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 130 km N of Enarotali, Indonesia (81 miles) on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 52.03 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us100087r1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100087r1. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/02/17 / 2017-02-28 23:29:14 / February 28, 2017 @ 11:29 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:29:14 / 8:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 136.4933 East, latitude -2.7478 South, depth = 52.03 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 130 km N of Enarotali, Indonesia.
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