A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Jayapura in Indonesia on Sunday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:46:15 / 5:46 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10006svs. Event ids that are associated: us10006svs. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/09/16 / 2016-09-17 20:46:15 / September 17, 2016 @ 8:46 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 140.8717 East, latitude -2.1925 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vanimo, Vanimo, Abepura (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Event epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vanimo (c. 11 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Vanimo (c. 9 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 42 km NNE of Jayapura, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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