A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 105 km SE of Amahai, Indonesia (65 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 28.33 km (18 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004ghl. Id of event: us20004ghl. Exact location of event, longitude 129.5847 East, latitude -4.0173 South, depth = 28.33 km. The temblor was detected at 00:30:23 / 12:30 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/12/15 / 2015-12-09 15:30:23 / December 9, 2015 @ 3:30 pm.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-one, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 105 km SE of Amahai, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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