A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Jayapura in Indonesia on Sunday. Exact location, longitude 140.5448° East, latitude -1.807° South, depth = 14.46 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: us10006t9b. Unique identifier: us10006t9b. The temblor was detected at 18:15:46 / 6:15 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 14.46 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/09/16 / 2016-09-18 09:15:46 / September 18, 2016 @ 9:15 am.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Abepura, Jayapura.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 82 km NNW of Jayapura, Indonesia.
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