A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Abepura in Indonesia on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/02/18 / 2018-02-14 12:19:46 / February 14, 2018 @ 12:19 pm. Id of earthquake: us2000d6yy. Event ids that are associated: us2000d6yy. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.3 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 140.8692° East, -3.3873° South, depth 55.3 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 21:19:46 / 9:19 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Vanimo (c. 11 200 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Vanimo (c. 9 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vanimo, Abepura, Vanimo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourteen 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 89 km SSE of Abepura, Indonesia.
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