A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 298 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (185 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 150.43 km (93 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/03/19 / 2019-03-09 19:48:59 / March 9, 2019 @ 7:48 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 128.6645 East, latitude -7.4131 South, depth = 150.43 km. Unique identifier: us1000jifb. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000jifb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 04:48:59 / 4:48 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days ninety-eight 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. 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: 298 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia.
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