A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 122 km SE of Lolayan, Indonesia (76 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 54.45 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 54.45 km, 124.9491° East, -0.2554° South. Unique identifier: us10002zyw. Ids that are associated to the event: us10002zyw. Global time and date of event 06/08/15 / 2015-08-06 23:12:08 / August 6, 2015 @ 11:12 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 07:12:08 / 7:12 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 122 km SE of Lolayan, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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