A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 202 km E of Amahai, Indonesia (126 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000d7ht. Unique identifier: us2000d7ht. Global time and date of event 24/02/18 / 2018-02-24 21:25:38 / February 24, 2018 @ 9:25 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:25:38 / 6:25 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 130.7378° East, -3.2377° South.
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 four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 202 km E of Amahai, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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