A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Jayapura in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 17:35:22 / 5:35 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us10006r0l. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006r0l. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/09/16 / 2016-09-20 08:35:22 / September 20, 2016 @ 8:35 am. Exact location, longitude 140.4768° East, latitude -2.0039° South, depth = 29.95 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 29.95 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abepura, Jayapura (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days thirty-three 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. 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 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: 63 km NNW of Jayapura, Indonesia.
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