A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 284 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia (176 miles) on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 113.28 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 130.3312 East, latitude -6.4892 South, depth = 113.28 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/10/24 / 2024-10-09 07:16:07 / October 9, 2024 @ 7:16 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 07:16:07 / 7:16 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000nnum. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nnum.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 284 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia.
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