A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Palue in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 122.7108 East, latitude -8.0939 South, depth = 216.64 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 216.64 km (135 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/09/17 / 2017-09-30 20:34:46 / September 30, 2017 @ 8:34 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:34:46 / 4:34 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000ax9d. Unique identifier: us2000ax9d.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maumere (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Maumere (c. 47 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 one and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 41 km N of Palue, Indonesia.
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