A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 238 km W of Abepura, Indonesia (148 miles) on Monday. Exact location, longitude 138.4385° East, latitude -2.6651° South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/06/19 / 2019-06-24 05:15:49 / June 24, 2019 @ 5:15 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 14:15:49 / 2:15 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Abepura in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000453n. Unique identifier: us6000453n.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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: 238 km W of Abepura, Indonesia.
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