A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 124 km SE of Modayag, Indonesia (77 miles) on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100044ev. Id of event: us100044ev. Exact location of event, longitude 125.1831 East, latitude -0.0831 South, depth = 46.03 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/12/15 / 2015-12-06 10:23:53 / December 6, 2015 @ 10:23 am UTC/GMT. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:23:53 / 6:23 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 46.03 km (29 miles).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
Questions or comments?
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. 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: 124 km SE of Modayag, Indonesia.
Copyright © 2015 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply