A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Manokwari in Indonesia. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:32:14 / 5:32 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 37.14 km, 133.8341° East, -0.776° South. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/02/18 / 2018-02-17 08:32:14 / February 17, 2018 @ 8:32 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 37.14 km (23 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000d3t8. Event ids that are associated: us2000d3t8.
Epicenter of the event was 29 km (18 miles) from Manokwari (c. 53 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manokwari (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 29 km WNW of Manokwari, Indonesia.
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