A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Jayapura in Indonesia. Global time and date of event 19/09/16 / 2016-09-19 15:53:00 / September 19, 2016 @ 3:53 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 140.4095° East, latitude -1.9895° South, depth = 17.67 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10006ttp. Unique identifier: us10006ttp. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.67 km (11 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:53:00 / 12:53 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abepura, Jayapura. Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 68 km NNW of Jayapura, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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