A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 121 km SE of Amahai, Indonesia (75 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 129.7261° East, -4.0707° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 09/12/15 / 2015-12-09 12:50:03 / December 9, 2015 @ 12:50 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us20004fut. Unique identifier: us20004fut. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:50:03 / 9:50 pm (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 121 km SE of Amahai, Indonesia.
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