A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Jayapura in Indonesia on Sunday. The temblor was reported at 09:33:10 / 9:33 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 140.4802° East, latitude -2.2395° South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 02/10/16 / 2016-10-02 00:33:10 / October 2, 2016 @ 12:33 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10006ugi. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006ugi.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Abepura, Jayapura (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 40 km NW of Jayapura, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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