A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 69 km N of Sikabaluan, Indonesia (43 miles). Event id: us20005kea. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005kea. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 99.0354° East, -0.4925° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 20:03:13 / 8:03 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/04/16 / 2016-04-13 13:03:13 / April 13, 2016 @ 1:03 pm.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 eight 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 69 km N of Sikabaluan, Indonesia.
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