A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 160 km NE of Bitung, Indonesia (99 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 12.27 km (8 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 126.3778 East, latitude 2.2585 North, depth = 12.27 km. Global time and date of event 07/01/19 / 2019-01-07 03:08:41 / January 7, 2019 @ 3:08 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:08:41 / 11:08 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j8a0. Unique identifier: us2000j8a0.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-three, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 160 km NE of Bitung, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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