A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Nabire in Indonesia on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/08/15 / 2015-08-25 23:30:21 / August 25, 2015 @ 11:30 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 135.4603 East, latitude -4.0607 South, depth = 50.35 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 50.35 km (31 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us100034xc. Unique identifier: us100034xc. The temblor was detected at 08:30:21 / 8:30 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Nabire (c. 43 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nabire (min 5000 pop).
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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 76 km S of Nabire, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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