A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Sorong in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 03:50:23 / 3:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 130.8253° East, -0.5693° South, depth 52.46 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/09/15 / 2015-09-24 18:50:23 / September 24, 2015 @ 6:50 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.46 km (33 miles). Unique identifier: us20003nsq. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003nsq.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sorong. Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Sorong (c. 125 500 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 58 km NW of Sorong, Indonesia.
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