A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 220 km W of Abepura, Indonesia (137 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 138.6082 East, latitude -2.7692 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:27:11 / 3:27 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us60004548. Event ids that are associated: us60004548. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/06/19 / 2019-06-24 06:27:11 / June 24, 2019 @ 6:27 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 220 km W of Abepura, Indonesia.
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