A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 156 km NNE of Bitung, Indonesia (97 miles). Event id: us20008uue. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20008uue. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.8824 East, latitude 2.6766 North, depth = 96.54 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 96.54 km (60 miles). Global time and date of event 26/03/17 / 2017-03-26 18:12:16 / March 26, 2017 @ 6:12 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:12:16 / 2:12 am (local time epicenter).
Every 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-seven 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 156 km NNE of Bitung, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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