A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 217 km W of Abepura, Indonesia (135 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:40:23 / 2:40 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000453t. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000453t. Exact location of earthquake, 138.6289° East, -2.7635° South, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 24/06/19 / 2019-06-24 05:40:23 / June 24, 2019 @ 5:40 am UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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: 217 km W of Abepura, Indonesia.
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