A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 90 km NNW of Sampungu, Indonesia (56 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20009nix. Id of event: us20009nix. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:39:08 / 12:39 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 570.93 km (355 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/06/17 / 2017-06-19 04:39:08 / June 19, 2017 @ 4:39 am. Exact location of event, longitude 118.3081 East, latitude -7.4811 South, depth = 570.93 km.
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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 90 km NNW of Sampungu, Indonesia.
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