A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 172 km ESE of Enarotali, Indonesia (107 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 137.7403° East, -4.6223° South, depth 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/12/18 / 2018-12-31 14:46:31 / December 31, 2018 @ 2:46 pm. Unique identifier: us2000j5n2. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j5n2. The temblor was reported at 23:46:31 / 11:46 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 172 km ESE of Enarotali, Indonesia.
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