A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 86 km ESE of Bintuni, Indonesia (53 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 134.2625 East, latitude -2.3421 South, depth = 30.391 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 17:22:43 / 5:22 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/10/24 / 2024-10-24 17:22:43 / October 24, 2024 @ 5:22 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.391 km (19 miles). Event id: us7000nmyq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nmyq.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. 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: 86 km ESE of Bintuni, Indonesia.
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