A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 299 km S of Amahusu, Indonesia (186 miles) on Saturday. Unique identifier: us10004t1t. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004t1t. Exact location of earthquake, 127.8987° East, -6.4231° South, depth 361.19 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/02/16 / 2016-02-26 23:41:02 / February 26, 2016 @ 11:41 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 08:41:02 / 8:41 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 361.19 km (224 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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