A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 268 km S of Krajan Tambakrejo, Indonesia (167 miles) on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us1000aun9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000aun9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/10/17 / 2017-10-14 14:03:30 / October 14, 2017 @ 2:03 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 112.3139 East, latitude -10.796 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 21:03:30 / 9:03 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 268 km S of Krajan Tambakrejo, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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