A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 104 km SSE of Ngalupolo, Indonesia (65 miles) on Monday. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:29:29 / 7:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 121.9484 East, latitude -9.7899 South, depth = 30.93 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us100072n9. Unique identifier: us100072n9. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 30.93 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/10/16 / 2016-10-23 23:29:29 / October 23, 2016 @ 11:29 pm UTC/GMT.
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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 104 km SSE of Ngalupolo, Indonesia.
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