A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 258 km SSE of Sorong, Indonesia (160 miles) on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000e1zn. Id of event: us2000e1zn. The temblor was picked up at 13:58:36 / 1:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 28.61 km, 131.8679° East, -3.1328° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 28.61 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/04/18 / 2018-04-18 04:58:36 / April 18, 2018 @ 4:58 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 258 km SSE of Sorong, Indonesia.
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