A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia (0 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:08:40 / 7:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 128.3871° East, -7.8951° South, depth 101.29 km. Event id: us10008fhp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008fhp. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/04/17 / 2017-04-02 10:08:40 / April 2, 2017 @ 10:08 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 101.29 km (63 miles).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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