A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 170 km SSW of Abepura, Indonesia (106 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 79.19 km (49 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 139.8125° East, -3.9658° South, depth 79.19 km. The temblor was picked up at 09:01:03 / 9:01 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/10/16 / 2016-10-22 00:01:03 / October 22, 2016 @ 12:01 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us100072ka. Unique identifier: us100072ka.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 170 km SSW of Abepura, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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