A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported Papua, Indonesia (0 miles) on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:56:34 / 8:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 138.5547 East, latitude -4.442 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000c7e5. Unique identifier: us6000c7e5. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/10/20 / 2020-10-10 20:56:34 / October 10, 2020 @ 8:56 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: Papua, Indonesia.
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