A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 240 km NW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (149 miles). Event id: us20009kwl. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20009kwl. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:14:29 / 8:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 129.7494° East, latitude -6.4378° South, depth = 174.65 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/06/17 / 2017-06-06 11:14:29 / June 6, 2017 @ 11:14 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 174.65 km (109 miles).
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 one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 240 km NW of Saumlaki, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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