A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Tual in Indonesia. The temblor was detected at 02:33:36 / 2:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 132.6094 East, latitude -4.8331 South, depth = 37.61 km. Unique identifier: us1000bjgj. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000bjgj. The epicenter was at a depth of 37.61 km (23 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/11/17 / 2017-11-22 17:33:36 / November 22, 2017 @ 5:33 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tual (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Tual (c. 39 500 pop).
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 93 km N of Tual, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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