A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 233 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (145 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 129.4414° East, -6.968° South, depth 157.58 km. Id of earthquake: us2000ckb0. Event ids that are associated: us2000ckb0. Global time and date of event 17/01/18 / 2018-01-17 14:35:25 / January 17, 2018 @ 2:35 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 23:35:25 / 11:35 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 157.58 km (98 miles).
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 seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 233 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia.
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