A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 157 km NNE of Bitung, Indonesia (98 miles). Global time and date of event 26/08/15 / 2015-08-26 01:01:39 / August 26, 2015 @ 1:01 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 116.77 km (73 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:01:39 / 9:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 116.77 km, 125.637° East, 2.7897° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us20003hj8. Unique identifier: us20003hj8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 157 km NNE of Bitung, Indonesia.
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