A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Abepura in Indonesia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us1000e6n6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e6n6. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/05/18 / 2018-05-06 05:02:46 / May 6, 2018 @ 5:02 am UTC/GMT. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:02:46 / 2:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 140.0654° East, -2.2552° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jayapura, Abepura.
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 two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 71 km NW of Abepura, Indonesia.
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