A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 209 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (130 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000c4fa. Unique identifier: us2000c4fa. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 129.7337 East, latitude -6.9061 South, depth = 185.2 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:17:50 / 5:17 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 185.2 km (115 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/12/17 / 2017-12-07 08:17:50 / December 7, 2017 @ 8:17 am.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 209 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia.
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