A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 140 km SE of Amahai, Indonesia (87 miles) on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/09/18 / 2018-09-16 10:30:57 / September 16, 2018 @ 10:30 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 60.5 km (38 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:30:57 / 7:30 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000hffh. Unique identifier: us2000hffh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 129.8308° East, -4.2136° South, depth 60.5 km.
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 one and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 140 km SE of Amahai, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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