A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Sorong in Indonesia. Exact location of event, longitude 131.2078 East, latitude -0.6225 South, depth = 38.47 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38.47 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003nw6. Id of event: us20003nw6. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:41:11 / 9:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/09/15 / 2015-09-25 00:41:11 / September 25, 2015 @ 12:41 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 29 km (18 miles) from Sorong (c. 125 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sorong.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 29 km N of Sorong, Indonesia.
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