A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 279 km SW of Panenggoede, Indonesia (173 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 117.3186° East, latitude -11.5324° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/10/18 / 2018-10-12 15:27:21 / October 12, 2018 @ 3:27 pm. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:27:21 / 11:27 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000hb7s. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hb7s.
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 279 km SW of Panenggoede, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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