A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 231 km NW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (144 miles) on Monday. Exact location, longitude 129.635° East, latitude -6.7062° South, depth = 149.44 km. Id of earthquake: us1000hpv9. Event ids that are associated: us1000hpv9. The temblor was picked up at 01:53:41 / 1:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/11/18 / 2018-11-04 16:53:41 / November 4, 2018 @ 4:53 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 149.44 km (93 miles) below the earth’s surface.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 231 km NW of Saumlaki, Indonesia.
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