A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 196 km WNW of Sikabaluan, Indonesia (122 miles) on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 03:57:08 / 3:57 am (local time epicenter). 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 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jhcg. Unique identifier: us2000jhcg. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/01/19 / 2019-01-28 21:57:08 / January 28, 2019 @ 9:57 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 97.346° East, -0.4741° South.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 196 km WNW of Sikabaluan, Indonesia.
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