A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Tual in Indonesia on Wednesday. Event id: us6000d5s8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000d5s8. Exact location of event, longitude 132.498 East, latitude -4.8417 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 23/12/20 / 2020-12-23 19:43:53 / December 23, 2020 @ 7:43 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 19:43:53 / 7:43 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tual. Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Tual (c. 39 500 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 91 km NNW of Tual, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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