A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Taniwel in Indonesia. Event id: us2000j5n6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j5n6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:31:19 / 1:31 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 128.6967° East, -3.0177° South, depth 35 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/12/18 / 2018-12-31 16:31:19 / December 31, 2018 @ 4:31 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 44 km (27 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Amahai.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 thirteen 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: 30 km SE of Taniwel, Indonesia.
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