A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 128 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (80 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 130.1891° East, -7.668° South, depth 35 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000bky4. Unique identifier: us2000bky4. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 09:56:21 / 9:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/10/17 / 2017-10-31 00:56:21 / October 31, 2017 @ 12:56 am.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 128 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia.
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