A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 113 km SSE of Molibagu, Indonesia (70 miles) on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 56.04 km (35 miles). Global time and date of event 21/12/17 / 2017-12-21 22:32:27 / December 21, 2017 @ 10:32 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000c138. Id of event: us1000c138. Exact location, longitude 124.3858° East, latitude -0.5602° South, depth = 56.04 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:32:27 / 6:32 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 113 km SSE of Molibagu, Indonesia.
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