A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 223 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (139 miles) on Friday. Global time and date of event 01/06/17 / 2017-06-01 22:54:24 / June 1, 2017 @ 10:54 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 108.67 km (68 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 129.3405 East, latitude -7.5212 South, depth = 108.67 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20009j45. Id of event: us20009j45. The temblor was reported at 07:54:24 / 7:54 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 six and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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