A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 249 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (155 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/12/17 / 2017-12-05 21:16:50 / December 5, 2017 @ 9:16 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000c3he. Unique identifier: us2000c3he. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 129.1145° East, latitude -7.419° South, depth = 155.19 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 155.19 km (96 miles). The temblor was picked up at 06:16:50 / 6:16 am (local time epicenter).
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 four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 249 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia.
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