A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 79 km SW of Tugu Hilir, Indonesia (49 miles). Exact location, longitude 105.1925° East, latitude -7.3798° South, depth = 37.78 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.78 km (23 miles). Unique identifier: us1000j8ep. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000j8ep. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/02/19 / 2019-02-28 00:54:28 / February 28, 2019 @ 12:54 am. The temblor was detected at 07:54:28 / 7:54 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 79 km SW of Tugu Hilir, Indonesia.
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