A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 153 km N of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia (95 miles) on Sunday. Id of earthquake: us20002ygm. Event ids that are associated: us20002ygm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/07/15 / 2015-07-19 02:55:00 / July 19, 2015 @ 2:55 am. The temblor was detected at 10:55:00 / 10:55 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 85.75 km (53 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 125.1267 East, latitude 2.8703 North, depth = 85.75 km.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. 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: 153 km N of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia.
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