A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 128 km E of Bitung, Indonesia (80 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/11/19 / 2019-11-15 05:27:53 / November 15, 2019 @ 5:27 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us60006bvn. Unique identifier: us60006bvn. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.3348 East, latitude 1.5712 North, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 13:27:53 / 1:27 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-three, in the last 10 days thirty-six, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
Did you feel the quake?
How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 128 km E of Bitung, Indonesia.
Copyright © 2019 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply