A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 4 km WNW of Ngaduloda, Indonesia (2 miles) on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 119.3352 East, latitude -9.6793 South, depth = 35 km. Event id: us70008xb6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008xb6. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/04/20 / 2020-04-16 03:48:45 / April 16, 2020 @ 3:48 am. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:48:45 / 11:48 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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