A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 128 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia (80 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 74.27 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 131.6515 East, latitude -6.0287 South, depth = 74.27 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000k8jl. Id of event: us2000k8jl. The temblor was picked up at 23:25:58 / 11:25 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 01/04/19 / 2019-04-01 14:25:58 / April 1, 2019 @ 2:25 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 128 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia.
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