A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Tual in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 132.432 East, latitude -5.2718 South, depth = 27.02 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.02 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:15:58 / 4:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/06/18 / 2018-06-01 07:15:58 / June 1, 2018 @ 7:15 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ega4. Id of event: us1000ega4.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tual. Epicenter of the event was 55 km (34 miles) from Tual (c. 39 500 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 56 km NW of Tual, Indonesia.
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