A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 242 km NNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia (150 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us70003bdr. Unique identifier: us70003bdr. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/04/19 / 2019-04-15 16:55:39 / April 15, 2019 @ 4:55 pm. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:55:39 / 1:55 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 123.41 km, 130.4571° East, -5.9343° South. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 123.41 km (77 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 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: 242 km NNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia.
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