A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Karumbu in Indonesia. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:48:57 / 8:48 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us10008i46. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008i46. The epicenter was at a depth of 103.82 km (65 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 118.8324° East, -8.7553° South, depth 103.82 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 16/04/17 / 2017-04-16 12:48:57 / April 16, 2017 @ 12:48 pm UTC/GMT.
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 Bima. Event epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Bima (c. 67 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km S of Karumbu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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