A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 226 km NW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (140 miles) on Friday. Exact location, longitude 129.8922° East, latitude -6.473° South, depth = 145.18 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 145.18 km (90 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/03/19 / 2019-03-21 16:28:45 / March 21, 2019 @ 4:28 pm. The temblor was reported at 01:28:45 / 1:28 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000k732. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000k732.
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 226 km NW of Saumlaki, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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