A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 179 km W of Tual, Indonesia (111 miles) on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 80.16 km (50 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:51:09 / 2:51 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 22/08/15 / 2015-08-22 05:51:09 / August 22, 2015 @ 5:51 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20003ggc. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003ggc. Exact location, longitude 131.127° East, latitude -5.6334° South, depth = 80.16 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 three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 179 km W of Tual, Indonesia.
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