A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) was reported 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Manokwari in Indonesia on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/12/18 / 2018-12-28 03:03:34 / December 28, 2018 @ 3:03 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Manokwari in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000iyhj. Unique identifier: us2000iyhj. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 55.55 km (35 miles). The temblor was reported at 12:03:34 / 12:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 134.0615 East, latitude -1.4997 South, depth = 55.55 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Manokwari (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (44 miles) from Manokwari (c. 53 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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 one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 70 km S of Manokwari, Indonesia.
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