A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 275 km SSE of Amahusu, Indonesia (171 miles) on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/11/16 / 2016-11-21 12:08:51 / November 21, 2016 @ 12:08 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:08:51 / 9:08 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007dsc. Id of event: us10007dsc. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 291.35 km (181 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.6407 East, latitude -6.1715 South, depth = 291.35 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 275 km SSE of Amahusu, Indonesia.
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