A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 136 km NE of Bitung, Indonesia (85 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 46.99 km (29 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/07/19 / 2019-07-03 10:46:53 / July 3, 2019 @ 10:46 am. Event id: us70004iy1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70004iy1. Exact location of earthquake, 126.1457° East, 2.2052° North, depth 46.99 km. The temblor was detected at 18:46:53 / 6:46 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 136 km NE of Bitung, Indonesia.
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