A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Babakantonggoh in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 95.52 km (59 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 105.2779 East, latitude -6.5828 South, depth = 95.52 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cqv5. Id of event: us2000cqv5. Global time and date of event 29/01/18 / 2018-01-29 06:35:38 / January 29, 2018 @ 6:35 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 13:35:38 / 1:35 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Labuan (c. 33 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Labuan.
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 four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 40 km WNW of Babakantonggoh, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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