A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 127 km E of Bitung, Indonesia (79 miles) on Monday. Id of earthquake: us10006f2p. Event ids that are associated: us10006f2p. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.323 East, latitude 1.3289 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 23:35:16 / 11:35 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/08/16 / 2016-08-15 15:35:16 / August 15, 2016 @ 3:35 pm.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eighty-nine 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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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: 127 km E of Bitung, Indonesia.
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