A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 197 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia (122 miles). Exact location, longitude 136.9024° East, latitude -4.4623° South, depth = 23.21 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000c8ta. Unique identifier: us6000c8ta. The temblor was picked up at 03:52:31 / 3:52 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/10/20 / 2020-10-13 03:52:31 / October 13, 2020 @ 3:52 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.21 km (14 miles).
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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 197 km SE of Nabire, Indonesia.
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