A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 124 km SE of Amahai, Indonesia (77 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 129.6526° East, -4.1823° South, depth 35 km. Event id: us20004g1t. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004g1t. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/12/15 / 2015-12-10 00:06:30 / December 10, 2015 @ 12:06 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:06:30 / 9:06 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 124 km SE of Amahai, Indonesia.
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