A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 177 km SW of Sibolga, Indonesia (110 miles) on Wednesday. Unique identifier: us200067iv. Ids that are associated to the event: us200067iv. Global time and date of event 22/06/16 / 2016-06-22 01:41:22 / June 22, 2016 @ 1:41 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 26.44 km (16 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:41:22 / 8:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 97.4579 East, latitude 0.8492 North, depth = 26.44 km.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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