A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 168 km NNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (104 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 130.727 East, latitude -6.5479 South, depth = 92.67 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/07/18 / 2018-07-14 13:49:55 / July 14, 2018 @ 1:49 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 92.67 km (58 miles). Unique identifier: us2000g4z5. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000g4z5. The temblor was picked up at 22:49:55 / 10:49 pm (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 168 km NNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia.
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