A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Abepura in Indonesia on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 02:03:11 / 2:03 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000b0jm. Event ids that are associated: us2000b0jm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 140.1286 East, latitude -2.59 South, depth = 22.78 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/10/17 / 2017-10-03 17:03:11 / October 3, 2017 @ 5:03 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 22.78 km (14 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jayapura, Abepura (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 50 km W of Abepura, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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