A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Kampungbajo in Indonesia on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:41:53 / 12:41 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 171.4 km (107 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/09/19 / 2019-09-04 16:41:53 / September 4, 2019 @ 4:41 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us70005euh. Unique identifier: us70005euh. Exact location of event, depth 171.4 km, 119.9652° East, -8.1927° South.
Earthquake epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Labuhanbajo (c. 188 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Ruteng (c. 34 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ruteng, Labuhanbajo. Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
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 one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 26 km NW of Kampungbajo, Indonesia.
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