A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 165 km SSW of Lailunggi, Indonesia (103 miles) on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/01/19 / 2019-01-09 13:30:18 / January 9, 2019 @ 1:30 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 21:30:18 / 9:30 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j8sn. Id of event: us2000j8sn. Exact location, longitude 119.5559° East, latitude -11.5614° South, depth = 10 km.
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. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 165 km SSW of Lailunggi, Indonesia.
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