A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Tarakan in Indonesia on Tuesday. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:01:56 / 8:01 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/12/15 / 2015-12-22 00:01:56 / December 22, 2015 @ 12:01 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 117.7001 East, latitude 3.5889 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us100048ny. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100048ny.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tawau, Sembakung, Tarakan (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), Malaysia (c. 28 275 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Tawau (c. 306 500 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Tarakan (c. 97 500 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Sembakung (c. 8 100 pop).
Every 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 two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 32 km NNE of Tarakan, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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