A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 272 km S of Krajan Tambakrejo, Indonesia (169 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000as4w. Id of event: us1000as4w. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/10/17 / 2017-10-14 06:06:57 / October 14, 2017 @ 6:06 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 112.2848° East, -10.8307° South, depth 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 13:06:57 / 1:06 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 272 km S of Krajan Tambakrejo, Indonesia.
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