A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Nabire in Indonesia. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 45.03 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/07/15 / 2015-07-12 00:50:25 / July 12, 2015 @ 12:50 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:50:25 / 9:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 135.4664 East, latitude -3.4699 South, depth = 45.03 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002wui. Id of event: us10002wui.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nabire. The epicenter was 13 km (8 miles) from Nabire (c. 43 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 11 km S of Nabire, Indonesia.
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