A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 236 km W of Abepura, Indonesia (147 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 138.4555 East, latitude -2.5948 South, depth = 38.81 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 38.81 km (24 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 19:14:31 / 7:14 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us600068pl. Event ids that are associated: us600068pl. Global time and date of event 30/10/19 / 2019-10-30 10:14:31 / October 30, 2019 @ 10:14 am UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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