A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 33 km WSW of Dobo, Indonesia (21 miles). The temblor was detected at 09:30:03 / 9:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 133.9583° East, latitude -5.9231° South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/10/18 / 2018-10-10 00:30:03 / October 10, 2018 @ 12:30 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hcw1. Id of event: us1000hcw1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 33 km WSW of Dobo, Indonesia.
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