A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 87 km SW of Leksula, Indonesia (54 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude 126.0668 East, latitude -4.4292 South, depth = 415.97 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20009lty. Ids that are associated to the event: us20009lty. Global time and date of event 11/06/17 / 2017-06-11 07:02:34 / June 11, 2017 @ 7:02 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 415.97 km (258 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 15:02:34 / 3:02 pm (local time epicenter).
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 two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 87 km SW of Leksula, Indonesia.
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