A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 129 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia (80 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us100030p5. Unique identifier: us100030p5. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 09:29:06 / 9:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 126.2763 East, latitude 1.8399 North, depth = 35 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/08/15 / 2015-08-10 01:29:06 / August 10, 2015 @ 1:29 am.
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 one hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 129 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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