A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 152 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia (94 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 126.4478° East, 1.9644° North, depth 63.32 km. The temblor was reported at 07:02:10 / 7:02 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 63.32 km (39 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/01/19 / 2019-01-06 23:02:10 / January 6, 2019 @ 11:02 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j7wz. Unique identifier: us2000j7wz.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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: 152 km ENE of Bitung, Indonesia.
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