A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Manokwari in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 134.1726° East, -0.7723° South. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us70006nqt. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006nqt. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:27:45 / 7:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/12/19 / 2019-12-12 22:27:45 / December 12, 2019 @ 10:27 pm UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 14 km (9 miles) from Manokwari (c. 53 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manokwari (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 14 km NE of Manokwari, Indonesia.
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