A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Lokori in Indonesia on Monday. Id of earthquake: us10006tt8. Event ids that are associated: us10006tt8. Exact location, longitude 119.4394° East, latitude -9.4493° South, depth = 60.78 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/09/16 / 2016-09-19 04:03:08 / September 19, 2016 @ 4:03 am. The temblor was detected at 12:03:08 / 12:03 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 60.78 km (38 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Waingapu (c. 48 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waingapu.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 5 km SE of Lokori, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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