A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Abepura in Indonesia on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 10:09:54 / 10:09 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 140.353° East, -2.8443° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000e60y. Event ids that are associated: us1000e60y. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/05/18 / 2018-05-16 01:09:54 / May 16, 2018 @ 1:09 am.
Event epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jayapura, Abepura. Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 34 km SW of Abepura, Indonesia.
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