A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 211 km W of Saumlaki, Indonesia (131 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/03/19 / 2019-03-06 11:51:04 / March 6, 2019 @ 11:51 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 129.4114° East, latitude -7.7024° South, depth = 35 km. The temblor was reported at 20:51:04 / 8:51 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000jb78. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000jb78.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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