A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 270 km NNW of Tual, Indonesia (168 miles) on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.2 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. 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: 05/05/17 / 2017-05-05 07:17:33 / May 5, 2017 @ 7:17 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:17:33 / 4:17 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008plk. Id of event: us10008plk. Exact location of earthquake, 131.4156° East, -3.6173° South, depth 34.2 km.
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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 270 km NNW of Tual, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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