A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 238 km W of Abepura, Indonesia (148 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/10/19 / 2019-10-23 16:04:20 / October 23, 2019 @ 4:04 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us700061yw. Event ids that are associated: us700061yw. The temblor was picked up at 01:04:20 / 1:04 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 138.4454 East, latitude -2.5062 South, depth = 10 km.
Each 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 twenty-one, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 238 km W of Abepura, Indonesia.
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