A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Tarakan in Indonesia on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/12/15 / 2015-12-22 00:18:37 / December 22, 2015 @ 12:18 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 117.6232° East, latitude 3.5397° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:18:37 / 8:18 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us100048p8. Ids that are associated to the event: us100048p8.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tawau, Sembakung, Tarakan. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), Malaysia (c. 28 275 000 pop). Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Tawau (c. 306 500 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Tarakan (c. 97 500 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Sembakung (c. 8 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 26 km N of Tarakan, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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