A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 239 km WSW of Abepura, Indonesia (149 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000dh26. Unique identifier: us6000dh26. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/02/21 / 2021-02-07 16:48:51 / February 7, 2021 @ 4:48 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 65.5 km (41 miles). The temblor was detected at 16:48:51 / 4:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 65.5 km, 138.5496° East, -3.1656° South.
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 twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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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. 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: 239 km WSW of Abepura, Indonesia.
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