A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 150 km W of Abepura, Indonesia (93 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 44.26 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has been issued near Abepura in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/07/15 / 2015-07-25 18:22:28 / July 25, 2015 @ 6:22 pm. The temblor was picked up at 03:22:28 / 3:22 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000303p. Unique identifier: us2000303p. Exact location of event, depth 44.26 km, 139.2293° East, -2.6809° South.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 150 km W of Abepura, Indonesia.
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