A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 262 km W of Abepura, Indonesia (163 miles) on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 23/10/19 / 2019-10-23 01:10:57 / October 23, 2019 @ 1:10 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 10:10:57 / 10:10 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 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). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 138.236 East, latitude -2.4196 South, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us700061zc. Event ids that are associated: us700061zc.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 262 km W of Abepura, Indonesia.
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