A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 87 km S of Pisangkemeng, Indonesia (54 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:53:22 / 7:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/08/15 / 2015-08-10 23:53:22 / August 10, 2015 @ 11:53 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 72.4 km (45 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us100035b4. Ids that are associated to the event: us100035b4. Exact location of earthquake, 117.7305° East, -9.5948° South, depth 72.4 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 87 km S of Pisangkemeng, Indonesia.
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