A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Abepura in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/02/19 / 2019-02-04 13:45:43 / February 4, 2019 @ 1:45 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.39 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 140.2792° East, -2.4128° South, depth 15.39 km. The temblor was picked up at 22:45:43 / 10:45 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000jn9g. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jn9g.
Earthquake epicenter was 51 km (31 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jayapura, Abepura.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. 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: 41 km NW of Abepura, Indonesia.
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