A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 190 km SSW of Sarongan, Indonesia (118 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of event, depth 34.2 km, 113.1818° East, -10.0844° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/08/17 / 2017-08-09 16:50:31 / August 9, 2017 @ 4:50 pm. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:50:31 / 12:50 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000a83d. Unique identifier: us2000a83d. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34.2 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 190 km SSW of Sarongan, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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