A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 227 km W of Abepura, Indonesia (141 miles) on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 55.85 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 15:54:43 / 3:54 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10003jtc. Unique identifier: us10003jtc. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/09/15 / 2015-09-19 06:54:43 / September 19, 2015 @ 6:54 am. Exact location of earthquake, 138.5394° East, -2.7637° South, depth 55.85 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 227 km W of Abepura, Indonesia.
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