A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Nabire in Indonesia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005aa9. Id of event: us70005aa9. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/08/19 / 2019-08-26 21:17:54 / August 26, 2019 @ 9:17 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 38.75 km, 136.2307° East, -3.0188° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38.75 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:17:54 / 6:17 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 89 km (56 miles) from Nabire (c. 43 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nabire.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 91 km ENE of Nabire, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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