A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Nabire in Indonesia. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:41:44 / 10:41 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 33.73 km (21 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 135.6156 East, latitude -3.3494 South, depth = 33.73 km. Event id: us1000ekhm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ekhm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 03/06/18 / 2018-06-03 13:41:44 / June 3, 2018 @ 1:41 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nabire (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 13 km (8 miles) from Nabire (c. 43 900 pop).
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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 14 km E of Nabire, Indonesia.
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