A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 250 km W of Abepura, Indonesia (155 miles) on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us700061n6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700061n6. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 04:22:56 / 4:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/10/19 / 2019-10-22 19:22:56 / October 22, 2019 @ 7:22 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 138.3336° East, latitude -2.6354° South, depth = 10 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every 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.
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