A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 219 km NW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (136 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 156.49 km (97 miles). The temblor was reported at 15:19:41 / 3:19 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000b2dx. Event ids that are associated: us2000b2dx. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/10/17 / 2017-10-07 06:19:41 / October 7, 2017 @ 6:19 am. Exact location of event, depth 156.49 km, 130.1291° East, -6.3628° South.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 219 km NW of Saumlaki, Indonesia.
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