A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Abepura in Indonesia on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 21/02/18 / 2018-02-21 13:54:34 / February 21, 2018 @ 1:54 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 28.96 km (18 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000daya. Id of event: us2000daya. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 22:54:34 / 10:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 140.1223 East, latitude -2.9386 South, depth = 28.96 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jayapura, Abepura (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-one 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.
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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. 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: 61 km WSW of Abepura, Indonesia.
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