A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Nabire in Indonesia. The epicenter was at a depth of 43.85 km (27 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:23:47 / 4:23 pm (local time epicenter). 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: us20003lrl. Id of event: us20003lrl. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 136.2588 East, latitude -3.0569 South, depth = 43.85 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/09/15 / 2015-09-19 07:23:47 / September 19, 2015 @ 7:23 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nabire (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Nabire (c. 43 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 92 km ENE of Nabire, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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