A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 274 km NNW of Tual, Indonesia (170 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/05/17 / 2017-05-05 07:34:21 / May 5, 2017 @ 7:34 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 131.4085 East, latitude -3.5799 South, depth = 36.4 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.4 km (23 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10008plm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008plm. The temblor was detected at 16:34:21 / 4:34 pm (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eighteen 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. 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: 274 km NNW of Tual, Indonesia.
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