A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Jayapura in Indonesia. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:39:01 / 7:39 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/09/16 / 2016-09-17 22:39:01 / September 17, 2016 @ 10:39 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 140.68° East, -2.005° South. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us10006qiz. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006qiz. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abepura, Jayapura. Epicenter of the event was 59 km (37 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-one, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 58 km N of Jayapura, Indonesia.
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