A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia (0 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/07/17 / 2017-07-04 07:08:12 / July 4, 2017 @ 7:08 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 16:08:12 / 4:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 128.5379° East, latitude -7.4508° South, depth = 157.03 km. Unique identifier: us100098tb. Ids that are associated to the event: us100098tb. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 157.03 km (98 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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