A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Nabire in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 23:24:54 / 11:24 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us70006170. Unique identifier: us70006170. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/10/19 / 2019-10-21 14:24:54 / October 21, 2019 @ 2:24 pm. Exact location, longitude 135.8855° East, latitude -3.3215° South, depth = 10 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Nabire (c. 43 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter 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 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: 44 km E of Nabire, Indonesia.
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