A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Manokwari in Indonesia. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/07/20 / 2020-07-19 15:40:14 / July 19, 2020 @ 3:40 pm. Event id: us6000b3gj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000b3gj. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 15:40:14 / 3:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 133.8642 East, latitude -0.612 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Manokwari (c. 53 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manokwari (min 5000 pop).
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 six 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 35 km NW of Manokwari, Indonesia.
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