A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Sorong in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38.52 km (24 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 02:34:00 / 2:34 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 14/11/15 / 2015-11-14 17:34:00 / November 14, 2015 @ 5:34 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us10003ydr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003ydr. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 131.3757 East, latitude -0.5146 South, depth = 38.52 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 43 km (26 miles) from Sorong (c. 125 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sorong (min 5000 pop).
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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 43 km NNE of Sorong, Indonesia.
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