A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Npongge in Indonesia. Event id: us1000arit. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000arit. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 127.69 km (79 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:45:24 / 8:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 118.3542 East, latitude -8.6813 South, depth = 127.69 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/10/17 / 2017-10-06 00:45:24 / October 6, 2017 @ 12:45 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Bima (c. 67 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bima.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 15 km SSE of Npongge, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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