A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Abepura in Indonesia. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hgy6. Unique identifier: us1000hgy6. The temblor was detected at 01:46:56 / 1:46 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 140.2616° East, latitude -2.2422° South, depth = 35 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/10/18 / 2018-10-20 16:46:56 / October 20, 2018 @ 4:46 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jayapura, Abepura. Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 56 km NW of Abepura, Indonesia.
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