A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Abepura in Indonesia on Saturday. Unique identifier: us2000jiue. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jiue. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 140.1743 East, latitude -2.4946 South, depth = 33.59 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:01:56 / 8:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/02/19 / 2019-02-16 11:01:56 / February 16, 2019 @ 11:01 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.59 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jayapura, Abepura (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 48 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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