A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 124 km NW of Sikabaluan, Indonesia (77 miles). Exact location, longitude 98.0618° East, latitude -0.4952° South, depth = 26.48 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.48 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 23/11/15 / 2015-11-23 12:54:10 / November 23, 2015 @ 12:54 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us100040gu. Ids that are associated to the event: us100040gu. The temblor was picked up at 19:54:10 / 7:54 pm (local time epicenter).
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 in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 124 km NW of Sikabaluan, Indonesia.
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