A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Abepura in Indonesia on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/01/19 / 2019-01-03 23:15:47 / January 3, 2019 @ 11:15 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 140.5726 East, latitude -2.6204 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000j5vu. Event ids that are associated: us2000j5vu. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:15:47 / 8:15 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Event epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Vanimo (c. 11 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Vanimo (c. 9 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vanimo, Vanimo, Jayapura (min 5000 pop).
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 eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 1 km NW of Abepura, Indonesia.
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