A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 142 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia (88 miles) on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 50.31 km (31 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 126.4056° East, 1.8184° North, depth 50.31 km. The temblor was reported at 17:47:01 / 5:47 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006gan. Id of event: us10006gan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/08/16 / 2016-08-24 09:47:01 / August 24, 2016 @ 9:47 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 142 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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