A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 145 km SE of Saparua, Indonesia (90 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 129.6104° East, -4.4728° South. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:03:39 / 3:03 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/12/15 / 2015-12-24 06:03:39 / December 24, 2015 @ 6:03 am. Id of earthquake: us1000497x. Event ids that are associated: us1000497x. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 three, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 145 km SE of Saparua, Indonesia.
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