A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 123 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia (76 miles) on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 126.2141° East, 1.8656° North, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/10/15 / 2015-10-19 02:26:27 / October 19, 2015 @ 2:26 am. Unique identifier: us10003qzg. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003qzg. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:26:27 / 10:26 am (local time epicenter).
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 nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-five 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. 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: 123 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia.
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