A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Tugu Hilir in Indonesia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200066ik. Id of event: us200066ik. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.07 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 105.3343 East, latitude -6.9872 South, depth = 29.07 km. The temblor was picked up at 02:14:39 / 2:14 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/06/16 / 2016-06-20 19:14:39 / June 20, 2016 @ 7:14 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Labuan (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Labuan (c. 33 600 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 38 km WSW of Tugu Hilir, Indonesia.
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