A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 187 km E of Amahai, Indonesia (116 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 24/06/18 / 2018-06-24 14:01:14 / June 24, 2018 @ 2:01 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 130.5878 East, latitude -3.1201 South, depth = 35.93 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 35.93 km (22 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000frbc. Id of event: us2000frbc. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:01:14 / 11:01 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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