A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 190 km NW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (118 miles) on Sunday. Global time and date of event 30/08/15 / 2015-08-30 08:16:13 / August 30, 2015 @ 8:16 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 17:16:13 / 5:16 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 132.45 km (82 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 129.9938 East, latitude -6.8461 South, depth = 132.45 km. Id of earthquake: us1000364r. Event ids that are associated: us1000364r.
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 two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy-two 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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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 190 km NW of Saumlaki, Indonesia.
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