A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 273 km NNE of Sorong, Indonesia (170 miles) on Wednesday. The temblor was detected at 22:22:19 / 10:22 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.61 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us2000awnk. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000awnk. 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: 20/09/17 / 2017-09-20 13:22:19 / September 20, 2017 @ 1:22 pm. Exact location of event, depth 33.61 km, 132.5653° East, 1.2063° North.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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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. 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: 273 km NNE of Sorong, Indonesia.
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