A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Jayapura in Indonesia on Sunday. The temblor was reported at 09:42:16 / 9:42 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us10006qjp. Event ids that are associated: us10006qjp. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/09/16 / 2016-09-18 00:42:16 / September 18, 2016 @ 12:42 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 140.6387° East, -2.0452° South.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abepura, Jayapura (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 55 km (34 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 54 km N of Jayapura, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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