A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 275 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia (171 miles). Exact location, longitude 138.4554° East, latitude -1.3565° South, depth = 30.53 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 30.53 km (19 miles). Event id: us1000dqmr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dqmr. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/04/18 / 2018-04-23 12:04:11 / April 23, 2018 @ 12:04 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:04:11 / 9:04 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 five and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 275 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia.
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