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Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Abepura in Indonesia


Earthquake location -2.4946S, 140.1743WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 140.1743° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.4946° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33.59 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 48km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-02-16 11:01:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-02-16 11:24:39 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 340 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 7.2 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 70 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000jiue Id of event.
Event Code 2000jiue An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000jiue, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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