A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Sorong in Indonesia on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us20003p8e. Unique identifier: us20003p8e. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:53:22 / 6:53 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/09/15 / 2015-09-25 21:53:22 / September 25, 2015 @ 9:53 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 37.44 km (23 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 131.2198 East, latitude -0.666 South, depth = 37.44 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sorong. Event epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Sorong (c. 125 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 24 km N of Sorong, Indonesia.
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