A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 134 km ENE of Amahai, Indonesia (83 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 27.5 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006hty. Id of event: us20006hty. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/07/16 / 2016-07-26 16:23:33 / July 26, 2016 @ 4:23 pm. The temblor was reported at 01:23:33 / 1:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 130.0788 East, latitude -3.0049 South, depth = 27.5 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 134 km ENE of Amahai, Indonesia.
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