A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 274 km W of Saumlaki, Indonesia (170 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.8289 East, latitude -7.8955 South, depth = 31 km. Global time and date of event 05/07/15 / 2015-07-05 01:48:29 / July 5, 2015 @ 1:48 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 31 km (19 miles). The temblor was detected at 10:48:29 / 10:48 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002nh4. Id of event: us10002nh4.
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 three and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 274 km W of Saumlaki, Indonesia.
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