A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 164 km W of Abepura, Indonesia (102 miles). Global time and date of event 19/10/18 / 2018-10-19 05:55:12 / October 19, 2018 @ 5:55 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us1000he9l. Event ids that are associated: us1000he9l. The epicenter was at a depth of 57.55 km (36 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Abepura in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 14:55:12 / 2:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 139.1155 East, latitude -2.8271 South, depth = 57.55 km.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 164 km W of Abepura, Indonesia.
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