A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 260 km W of Tual, Indonesia (162 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 130.4384 East, latitude -6.0364 South, depth = 143.33 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 143.33 km (89 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/10/20 / 2020-10-17 02:37:33 / October 17, 2020 @ 2:37 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000c8wk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000c8wk. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:37:33 / 2:37 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eighty 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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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: 260 km W of Tual, Indonesia.
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