A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia (0 miles) on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 128.5883 East, latitude -7.3726 South, depth = 145.35 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/08/17 / 2017-08-28 20:58:44 / August 28, 2017 @ 8:58 pm. The temblor was reported at 05:58:44 / 5:58 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 145.35 km (90 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us2000adj1. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000adj1.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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