A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Jayapura in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/12/16 / 2016-12-07 02:01:19 / December 7, 2016 @ 2:01 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 11:01:19 / 11:01 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us200080r6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200080r6. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.12 km (10 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 140.5928 East, latitude -1.9254 South, depth = 16.12 km.
Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abepura, Jayapura (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 68 km N of Jayapura, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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