A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Babat in Indonesia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008jkj. Id of event: us10008jkj. Exact location of earthquake, 112.2316° East, -7.2651° South, depth 233.61 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/04/17 / 2017-04-16 20:56:10 / April 16, 2017 @ 8:56 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:56:10 / 3:56 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 233.61 km (145 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 57 km (36 miles) from Surabaya (c. 2 374 700 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Malang (c. 746 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Kediri (c. 235 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Madiun (c. 186 100 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Lawang (c. 159 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Pasuruan (c. 158 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Malang, Ngawi, Madiun (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 18 km SSE of Babat, Indonesia.
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