A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Nabire in Indonesia. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:47:33 / 10:47 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35.92 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, depth 35.92 km, 135.1488° East, -3.175° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/09/15 / 2015-09-07 01:47:33 / September 7, 2015 @ 1:47 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003h1f. Id of event: us20003h1f.
The epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Nabire (c. 43 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nabire (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 42 km WNW of Nabire, Indonesia.
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