A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Batang in Indonesia on Sunday. The temblor was reported at 04:38:44 / 4:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 551.04 km, 110.3776° East, -5.7576° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/11/18 / 2018-11-03 21:38:44 / November 3, 2018 @ 9:38 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 551.04 km (342 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us1000hptf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hptf.
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mlonggo, Batang (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Batang (c. 115 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Mlonggo (c. 33 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 88 km NNW of Batang, Indonesia.
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