A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 148 km NE of Bitung, Indonesia (92 miles) on Thursday. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/06/16 / 2016-06-08 20:45:41 / June 8, 2016 @ 8:45 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000649y. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000649y. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 126.1595° East, latitude 2.3647° North, depth = 69.83 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 69.83 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:45:41 / 4:45 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 148 km NE of Bitung, Indonesia.
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