A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Manokwari in Indonesia. The temblor was reported at 07:57:08 / 7:57 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59.375 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nqur. Unique identifier: us7000nqur. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 134.4599 East, latitude -0.9121 South, depth = 59.375 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/11/24 / 2024-11-09 07:57:08 / November 9, 2024 @ 7:57 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manokwari. Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Manokwari (c. 53 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
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 three 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 44 km E of Manokwari, Indonesia.
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