A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Babakantonggoh in Indonesia. Exact location of event, depth 69.57 km, 105.0239° East, -6.711° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 69.57 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us10008pq0. Unique identifier: us10008pq0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/05/17 / 2017-05-05 11:25:12 / May 5, 2017 @ 11:25 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 18:25:12 / 6:25 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Labuan (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 96 km (60 miles) from Labuan (c. 33 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 66 km W of Babakantonggoh, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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