A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 124 km E of Bitung, Indonesia (77 miles). The temblor was reported at 14:52:51 / 2:52 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 126.3037° East, 1.4432° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us70006pin. Unique identifier: us70006pin. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/12/19 / 2019-12-14 06:52:51 / December 14, 2019 @ 6:52 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 124 km E of Bitung, Indonesia.
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