A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 147 km NNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (91 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/10/15 / 2015-10-26 17:56:35 / October 26, 2015 @ 5:56 pm. Unique identifier: us10003rk1. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003rk1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 02:56:35 / 2:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 130.5741° East, latitude -6.8375° South, depth = 97.59 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 97.59 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 147 km NNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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