A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Nabire in Indonesia. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/08/24 / 2024-08-18 15:27:16 / August 18, 2024 @ 3:27 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 135.6596° East, -3.4335° South, depth 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n7t9. Id of event: us7000n7t9. The temblor was detected at 15:27:16 / 3:27 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nabire (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Nabire (c. 43 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 19 km ESE of Nabire, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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