A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia (0 miles) on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 166.66 km (104 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/06/18 / 2018-06-03 04:13:27 / June 3, 2018 @ 4:13 am. Id of earthquake: us1000ehnz. Event ids that are associated: us1000ehnz. Exact location of earthquake, 128.4538° East, -7.3395° South, depth 166.66 km. The temblor was reported at 13:13:27 / 1:13 pm (local time epicenter).
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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia.
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