A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 150 km SSW of Biha, Indonesia (93 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20005ia2. Event ids that are associated: us20005ia2. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 103.6592° East, -6.6395° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The temblor was picked up at 19:42:17 / 7:42 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 06/04/16 / 2016-04-06 12:42:17 / April 6, 2016 @ 12:42 pm UTC/GMT.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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: 150 km SSW of Biha, Indonesia.
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