A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 147 km ENE of Amahai, Indonesia (91 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/06/17 / 2017-06-01 23:45:38 / June 1, 2017 @ 11:45 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 29.73 km (18 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:45:38 / 8:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 130.1413 East, latitude -2.829 South, depth = 29.73 km. Unique identifier: us20009j4j. Ids that are associated to the event: us20009j4j. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 one and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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