A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 117 km ENE of Amahai, Indonesia (73 miles) on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000atjy. Unique identifier: us2000atjy. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/09/17 / 2017-09-23 12:58:19 / September 23, 2017 @ 12:58 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.93 km (28 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 129.9043 East, latitude -2.9658 South, depth = 44.93 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:58:19 / 9:58 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 117 km ENE of Amahai, Indonesia.
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