A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Taniwel in Indonesia on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 13/03/18 / 2018-03-13 05:08:55 / March 13, 2018 @ 5:08 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us1000d7fu. Event ids that are associated: us1000d7fu. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:08:55 / 2:08 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.99 km (29 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 128.8114 East, latitude -2.7321 South, depth = 45.99 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Amahai (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 39 km ENE of Taniwel, Indonesia.
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