A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 125 km SE of Saparua, Indonesia (78 miles) on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/12/15 / 2015-12-09 13:19:36 / December 9, 2015 @ 1:19 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 22:19:36 / 10:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 129.5081° East, latitude -4.3168° South, depth = 35 km. Event id: us20004fv5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004fv5. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Each 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 fifty-one, in the last 10 days fifty-one, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 125 km SE of Saparua, Indonesia.
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