A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Sorong in Indonesia. The temblor was detected at 13:27:32 / 1:27 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/11/18 / 2018-11-24 04:27:32 / November 24, 2018 @ 4:27 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hw10. Unique identifier: us1000hw10. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.02 km (25 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 131.7754° East, -0.7146° South, depth 40.02 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sorong. Epicenter of the earthquake was 60 km (37 miles) from Sorong (c. 125 500 pop).
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 61 km ENE of Sorong, Indonesia.
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