A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 15 km WSW of Lolak, Indonesia (9 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.8867 East, latitude 0.8075 North, depth = 262.69 km. Global time and date of event 13/02/18 / 2018-02-13 07:10:16 / February 13, 2018 @ 7:10 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 262.69 km (163 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 15:10:16 / 3:10 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000d6xn. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d6xn.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 15 km WSW of Lolak, Indonesia.
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