A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 126 km ESE of Amahai, Indonesia (78 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 129.8834 East, latitude -3.9294 South, depth = 35 km. Global time and date of event 10/07/17 / 2017-07-10 13:30:03 / July 10, 2017 @ 1:30 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us100098j7. Event ids that are associated: us100098j7. The temblor was picked up at 22:30:03 / 10:30 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 126 km ESE of Amahai, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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