A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Palue in Indonesia on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/08/15 / 2015-08-17 23:39:35 / August 17, 2015 @ 11:39 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000331h. Id of event: us1000331h. Exact location, longitude 123.0544° East, latitude -8.2292° South, depth = 32.44 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:39:35 / 7:39 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 32.44 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maumere (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 102 km (64 miles) from Maumere (c. 47 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 46 km NE of Palue, Indonesia.
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