A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 142 km SE of Modayag, Indonesia (88 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 20:12:39 / 8:12 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/02/20 / 2020-02-03 12:12:39 / February 3, 2020 @ 12:12 pm. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 125.2287° East, -0.258° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us60007ndb. Unique identifier: us60007ndb.
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 two and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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