A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia (0 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 96.2 km (60 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 07/12/20 / 2020-12-07 19:03:04 / December 7, 2020 @ 7:03 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:03:04 / 7:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 129.7832 East, latitude -7.4262 South, depth = 96.2 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000cnw8. Id of event: us7000cnw8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia.
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