A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Mbarungkeli in Indonesia on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 187.51 km (117 miles). Id of earthquake: us10008md6. Event ids that are associated: us10008md6. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/05/17 / 2017-05-01 05:36:56 / May 1, 2017 @ 5:36 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 187.51 km, 120.9828° East, -8.3767° South. The temblor was reported at 13:36:56 / 1:36 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (57 miles) from Ende (c. 77 200 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Ruteng (c. 34 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ende, Ruteng (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 3 km NNW of Mbarungkeli, Indonesia.
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