A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 217 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (135 miles) on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/08/15 / 2015-08-29 05:23:52 / August 29, 2015 @ 5:23 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 134.2 km (83 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 129.511° East, -7.1655° South, depth 134.2 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20003hth. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003hth. The temblor was detected at 14:23:52 / 2:23 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 217 km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia.
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