A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia (0 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 128.5603 East, latitude -7.546 South, depth = 159.52 km. Global time and date of event 20/09/16 / 2016-09-20 00:11:47 / September 20, 2016 @ 12:11 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10006qy7. Unique identifier: us10006qy7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 09:11:47 / 9:11 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 159.52 km (99 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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