A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Abepura in Indonesia on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/06/18 / 2018-06-06 17:54:24 / June 6, 2018 @ 5:54 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.51 km (29 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:54:24 / 2:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 139.9662 East, latitude -2.5212 South, depth = 46.51 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000elcq. Unique identifier: us1000elcq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jayapura, Abepura (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 69 km W of Abepura, Indonesia.
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