A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 174 km WSW of Fakfak, Indonesia (108 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 07:56:58 / 7:56 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/12/24 / 2024-12-07 07:56:58 / December 7, 2024 @ 7:56 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 130.7657 East, latitude -3.2596 South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nwu8. Id of event: us7000nwu8.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 174 km WSW of Fakfak, Indonesia.
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