A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Bitung in Indonesia on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 04:29:16 / 4:29 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 81.23 km (50 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000au6i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000au6i. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.9341 East, latitude 1.4139 North, depth = 81.23 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/10/17 / 2017-10-11 20:29:16 / October 11, 2017 @ 8:29 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bitung (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Bitung (c. 137 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 83 km E of Bitung, Indonesia.
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