A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Jayapura in Indonesia on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.67 km (18 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us10006unv. Unique identifier: us10006unv. Global time and date of event 23/09/16 / 2016-09-23 05:42:47 / September 23, 2016 @ 5:42 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 140.673 East, latitude -2.0789 South, depth = 29.67 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:42:47 / 2:42 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Vanimo (c. 9 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vanimo, Abepura, Jayapura (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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