A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Enarotali in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 136.3662 East, latitude -3.2436 South, depth = 31.11 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/12/17 / 2017-12-08 06:25:53 / December 8, 2017 @ 6:25 am. Id of earthquake: us2000c4fy. Event ids that are associated: us2000c4fy. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 31.11 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 15:25:53 / 3:25 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Nabire (c. 43 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nabire (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 74 km N of Enarotali, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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