A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Pagaralam in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, 102.8293° East, -4.7509° South, depth 57.17 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 57.17 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008n8c. Id of event: us10008n8c. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:43:09 / 10:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/04/17 / 2017-04-24 03:43:09 / April 24, 2017 @ 3:43 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pageralam (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 94 km (58 miles) from Pageralam (c. 70 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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. 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: 94 km SSW of Pagaralam, Indonesia.
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