A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 207 km SSE of Saparua, Indonesia (129 miles) on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 226.45 km (141 miles). Exact location of event, depth 226.45 km, 129.6925° East, -5.127° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/08/16 / 2016-08-08 15:17:37 / August 8, 2016 @ 3:17 pm. The temblor was detected at 00:17:37 / 12:17 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10006cxa. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006cxa.
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 four and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 207 km SSE of Saparua, Indonesia.
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