A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia (0 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008c4b. Id of event: us70008c4b. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:49:09 / 7:49 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 15/03/20 / 2020-03-15 22:49:09 / March 15, 2020 @ 10:49 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 128.4081 East, latitude -7.5797 South, depth = 127.3 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 127.3 km (79 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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 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: Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia.
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