A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 130 km S of Citotok, Indonesia (81 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 108.4397° East, latitude -8.9972° South, depth = 36.69 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.69 km (23 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000i5bd. Event ids that are associated: us1000i5bd. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:23:43 / 7:23 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 09/12/18 / 2018-12-09 12:23:43 / December 9, 2018 @ 12:23 pm UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 130 km S of Citotok, Indonesia.
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