A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Enarotali in Indonesia. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:55:29 / 10:55 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.14 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 136.1944 East, latitude -3.4472 South, depth = 52.14 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/08/17 / 2017-08-27 01:55:29 / August 27, 2017 @ 1:55 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000ac6e. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000ac6e. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Nabire (c. 43 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nabire (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 54 km NNW of Enarotali, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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