A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 219 km W of Abepura, Indonesia (136 miles) on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us700069pe. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700069pe. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 18/11/19 / 2019-11-18 23:41:34 / November 18, 2019 @ 11:41 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 138.6113 East, latitude -2.4978 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:41:34 / 8:41 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 219 km W of Abepura, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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