A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 176 km WSW of Abepura, Indonesia (109 miles) on Friday. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:49:04 / 11:49 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 139.0495° East, -3.0509° South. Id of earthquake: us70008h3r. Event ids that are associated: us70008h3r. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/03/20 / 2020-03-27 02:49:04 / March 27, 2020 @ 2:49 am UTC/GMT.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 176 km WSW of Abepura, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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