A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Abepura in Indonesia on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 13:09:22 / 1:09 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/07/18 / 2018-07-15 04:09:22 / July 15, 2018 @ 4:09 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000g5dn. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000g5dn. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 139.8592° East, -2.9654° South.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abepura. Epicenter of the event was 95 km (59 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 88 km WSW of Abepura, Indonesia.
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