A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Jayapura in Indonesia on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude 140.7628 East, latitude -1.9571 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:43:22 / 9:43 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 18/09/16 / 2016-09-18 00:43:22 / September 18, 2016 @ 12:43 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006t8p. Id of event: us10006t8p.
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vanimo, Abepura, Jayapura (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Vanimo (c. 9 800 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days thirty-nine 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.
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