A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Sorong in Indonesia on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005fnw. Id of event: us10005fnw. The temblor was reported at 09:00:55 / 9:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/05/16 / 2016-05-06 00:00:55 / May 6, 2016 @ 12:00 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 16.46 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 16.46 km, 131.1502° East, -1.3948° South.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (36 miles) from Sorong (c. 125 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 57 km S of Sorong, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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