A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 251 km W of Abepura, Indonesia (156 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, 138.351° East, -2.2452° South, depth 10 km. 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). Global time and date of event 20/06/19 / 2019-06-20 13:46:12 / June 20, 2019 @ 1:46 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us700046pg. Unique identifier: us700046pg. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:46:12 / 10:46 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-four, in the last 10 days sixty-four, in the past 30 days sixty-four and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 251 km W of Abepura, Indonesia.
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