A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 134 km N of Dobo, Indonesia (83 miles) on Sunday. Id of earthquake: us70008h1r. Event ids that are associated: us70008h1r. Exact location, longitude 134.1981° East, latitude -4.5534° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:25:41 / 8:25 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/03/20 / 2020-03-21 23:25:41 / March 21, 2020 @ 11:25 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 134 km N of Dobo, Indonesia.
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