A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 254 km W of Abepura, Indonesia (158 miles) on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/10/19 / 2019-10-22 22:19:42 / October 22, 2019 @ 10:19 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 138.2946° East, -2.6481° South. Unique identifier: us700061nn. Ids that are associated to the event: us700061nn. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:19:42 / 7:19 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 254 km W of Abepura, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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