A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Manokwari in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/07/17 / 2017-07-10 13:22:57 / July 10, 2017 @ 1:22 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us20009xxv. Unique identifier: us20009xxv. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 30.45 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 22:22:57 / 10:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 30.45 km, 133.4888° East, -0.801° South.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manokwari. Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (41 miles) from Manokwari (c. 53 200 pop).
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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 66 km W of Manokwari, Indonesia.
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