A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 209 km W of Abepura, Indonesia (130 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/07/19 / 2019-07-22 21:44:55 / July 22, 2019 @ 9:44 pm. Event id: us60004xgm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60004xgm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 138.7194° East, -2.9373° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 06:44:55 / 6:44 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days sixty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 209 km W of Abepura, Indonesia.
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