A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 272 km S of Krajan Tambakrejo, Indonesia (169 miles) on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000aun1. Id of event: us1000aun1. The temblor was picked up at 21:09:51 / 9:09 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 112.3053 East, latitude -10.8295 South, depth = 27.11 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27.11 km (17 miles). Global time and date of event 14/10/17 / 2017-10-14 14:09:51 / October 14, 2017 @ 2:09 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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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