A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 272 km SE of Saparua, Indonesia (169 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 130.2443 East, latitude -5.4506 South, depth = 46.96 km. The temblor was detected at 19:52:53 / 7:52 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 19/09/17 / 2017-09-19 10:52:53 / September 19, 2017 @ 10:52 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us2000aqlw. Event ids that are associated: us2000aqlw. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.96 km (29 miles).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 272 km SE of Saparua, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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