A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 112 km N of Dofa, Indonesia (70 miles) on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 54.04 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 125.1745° East, latitude -0.7981° South, depth = 54.04 km. Id of earthquake: us2000c1ed. Event ids that are associated: us2000c1ed. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/12/17 / 2017-12-06 23:40:03 / December 6, 2017 @ 11:40 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 07:40:03 / 7:40 am (local time epicenter).
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 one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twelve 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: 112 km N of Dofa, Indonesia.
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