A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 185 km WSW of Nabire, Indonesia (115 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.94 km (21 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:47:29 / 3:47 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us100044b3. Ids that are associated to the event: us100044b3. Exact location of event, depth 33.94 km, 133.9498° East, -4.021° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/12/15 / 2015-12-05 18:47:29 / December 5, 2015 @ 6:47 pm.
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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 185 km WSW of Nabire, Indonesia.
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