A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 172 km WSW of Abepura, Indonesia (107 miles) on Sunday. Unique identifier: us20007ejp. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007ejp. The temblor was reported at 19:30:51 / 7:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 139.2784 East, latitude -3.4751 South, depth = 60.25 km. 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: 16/10/16 / 2016-10-16 10:30:51 / October 16, 2016 @ 10:30 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 60.25 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 172 km WSW of Abepura, Indonesia.
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