A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 140 km NNW of Sikabaluan, Indonesia (87 miles). The temblor was picked up at 04:21:17 / 4:21 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 57.97 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 98.5079 East, latitude 0.0559 North, depth = 57.97 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/04/19 / 2019-04-27 21:21:17 / April 27, 2019 @ 9:21 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us70003hkt. Unique identifier: us70003hkt.
Each 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. 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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 140 km NNW of Sikabaluan, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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