A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia (0 miles) on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/08/16 / 2016-08-14 13:24:29 / August 14, 2016 @ 1:24 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us10006drh. Unique identifier: us10006drh. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.5819 East, latitude -7.2902 South, depth = 155.26 km. The temblor was detected at 22:24:29 / 10:24 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 155.26 km (96 miles) below the earth’s surface.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-nine 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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