A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 203 km E of Amahai, Indonesia (126 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Amahai in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 130.7504 East, latitude -3.2637 South, depth = 35 km. Global time and date of event 03/02/19 / 2019-02-03 07:36:50 / February 3, 2019 @ 7:36 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 16:36:50 / 4:36 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000jcp0. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jcp0. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 203 km E of Amahai, Indonesia.
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