A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Jayapura in Indonesia on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 08:45:08 / 8:45 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/01/19 / 2019-01-26 23:45:08 / January 26, 2019 @ 11:45 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 140.8098 East, latitude -2.5259 South, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us2000jewa. Event ids that are associated: us2000jewa.
Event epicenter was 10 km (6 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Vanimo (c. 11 200 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Vanimo (c. 9 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vanimo, Vanimo, Abepura. Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km E of Jayapura, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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