A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 133 km E of Bitung, Indonesia (83 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 07:17:22 / 7:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.366 East, latitude 1.6235 North, depth = 40.74 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/11/19 / 2019-11-14 23:17:22 / November 14, 2019 @ 11:17 pm. Unique identifier: us60006bse. Ids that are associated to the event: us60006bse. The epicenter was at a depth of 40.74 km (25 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 twenty-five, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 133 km E of Bitung, Indonesia.
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