A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 150 km SE of Amahai, Indonesia (93 miles). Exact location, longitude 129.7023° East, latitude -4.4471° South, depth = 42.99 km. Unique identifier: us20004g2m. Ids that are associated to the event: us20004g2m. The epicenter was at a depth of 42.99 km (27 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 10/12/15 / 2015-12-10 05:38:46 / December 10, 2015 @ 5:38 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 14:38:46 / 2:38 pm (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 150 km SE of Amahai, Indonesia.
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