A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 150 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia (93 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 66.37 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/03/18 / 2018-03-05 23:19:49 / March 5, 2018 @ 11:19 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.4785 East, latitude 1.8334 North, depth = 66.37 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000dcmf. Id of event: us2000dcmf. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:19:49 / 7:19 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each 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.
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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. 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: 150 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia.
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