A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Taniwel in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10007t93. Event ids that are associated: us10007t93. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.64 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/01/17 / 2017-01-14 06:41:03 / January 14, 2017 @ 6:41 am. Exact location of earthquake, 128.9246° East, -2.6129° South, depth 35.64 km. The temblor was detected at 15:41:03 / 3:41 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Amahai (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 81 km (50 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 56 km ENE of Taniwel, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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