A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 240 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (149 miles). Exact location, longitude 129.4723° East, latitude -6.7855° South, depth = 150.78 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/01/18 / 2018-01-08 20:17:23 / January 8, 2018 @ 8:17 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 05:17:23 / 5:17 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000c36u. Unique identifier: us1000c36u. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 150.78 km (94 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 240 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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