A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Enarotali in Indonesia on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/08/15 / 2015-08-02 07:53:35 / August 2, 2015 @ 7:53 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 16:53:35 / 4:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 135.9938 East, latitude -4.0209 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10002x9r. Ids that are associated to the event: us10002x9r. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nabire. The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Nabire (c. 43 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 41 km WSW of Enarotali, Indonesia.
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