A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 138 km E of Nabire, Indonesia (86 miles) on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000b3cu. Unique identifier: us6000b3cu. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/07/20 / 2020-07-18 04:28:47 / July 18, 2020 @ 4:28 am. Exact location of event, longitude 136.7433 East, latitude -3.3746 South, depth = 35 km. The temblor was picked up at 04:28:47 / 4:28 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 138 km E of Nabire, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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