A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Abepura in Indonesia on Tuesday. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:00:24 / 4:00 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000eypc. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000eypc. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 140.2152° East, -2.7456° South. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/06/18 / 2018-06-18 19:00:24 / June 18, 2018 @ 7:00 pm.
The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jayapura, Abepura (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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