A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 237 km W of Abepura, Indonesia (147 miles) on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 23:18:39 / 11:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 54.87 km, 138.448° East, -2.7125° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 54.87 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/08/15 / 2015-08-26 14:18:39 / August 26, 2015 @ 2:18 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000351k. Unique identifier: us1000351k.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-six 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.
Did you feel anything?
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: 237 km W of Abepura, Indonesia.
Copyright © 2015 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply