A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Kuripan in Indonesia on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 57.53 km, 103.1618° East, -4.8056° South. Unique identifier: us2000a82z. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000a82z. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 57.53 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/08/17 / 2017-08-09 09:10:32 / August 9, 2017 @ 9:10 am. The temblor was picked up at 16:10:32 / 4:10 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pageralam (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Pageralam (c. 70 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 71 km WNW of Kuripan, Indonesia.
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