A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 112 km W of Nabire, Indonesia (70 miles) on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/11/16 / 2016-11-18 00:32:06 / November 18, 2016 @ 12:32 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007dkz. Id of event: us10007dkz. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 33 km (21 miles). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:32:06 / 9:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 33 km, 134.4758° East, -3.3323° South.
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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 112 km W of Nabire, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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