A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Jayapura in Indonesia. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 140.3868° East, -1.9203° South, depth 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20007dgl. Unique identifier: us20007dgl. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/09/16 / 2016-09-28 12:01:49 / September 28, 2016 @ 12:01 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 21:01:49 / 9:01 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 78 km (48 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abepura, Jayapura (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 76 km NNW of Jayapura, Indonesia.
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