A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 226 km NNE of Bitung, Indonesia (140 miles) on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 70.7 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 125.9574° East, latitude 3.3351° North, depth = 70.7 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/07/15 / 2015-07-05 01:36:08 / July 5, 2015 @ 1:36 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002nh3. Id of event: us10002nh3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 09:36:08 / 9:36 am (local time epicenter).
Each 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 four and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 226 km NNE of Bitung, Indonesia.
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