A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 200 km NW of Abepura, Indonesia (124 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20005dzg. Unique identifier: us20005dzg. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 50 km (31 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:24:43 / 3:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 139.3698° East, -1.2953° South, depth 50 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/04/16 / 2016-04-01 18:24:43 / April 1, 2016 @ 6:24 pm UTC/GMT.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 200 km NW of Abepura, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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