A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 113 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia (70 miles). The temblor was picked up at 06:13:42 / 6:13 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/07/15 / 2015-07-01 22:13:42 / July 1, 2015 @ 10:13 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002xr2. Id of event: us20002xr2. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.117 East, latitude 1.0362 North, depth = 42.01 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.01 km (26 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 113 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia.
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