A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 4 km NW of Radamata, Indonesia (2 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/01/20 / 2020-01-08 17:41:34 / January 8, 2020 @ 5:41 pm. The temblor was reported at 01:41:34 / 1:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 86.21 km, 119.2216° East, -9.3964° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006wer. Id of event: us70006wer. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 86.21 km (54 miles).
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 twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 4 km NW of Radamata, Indonesia.
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