A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Jayapura in Indonesia. Global time and date of event 22/10/16 / 2016-10-22 22:31:46 / October 22, 2016 @ 10:31 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 07:31:46 / 7:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 140.3522 East, latitude -2.1293 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us20007g5f. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007g5f.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jayapura, Abepura (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 59 km NW of Jayapura, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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