A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Bitung in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 81.02 km (50 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:39:12 / 5:39 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/05/16 / 2016-05-11 21:39:12 / May 11, 2016 @ 9:39 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 125.8752 East, latitude 1.5472 North, depth = 81.02 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005gmz. Id of event: us10005gmz.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bitung (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 77 km E of Bitung, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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