A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Abepura in Indonesia. The epicenter was at a depth of 35.14 km (22 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/02/19 / 2019-02-03 20:34:37 / February 3, 2019 @ 8:34 pm. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:34:37 / 5:34 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000jn8m. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jn8m. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 140.196° East, -2.4772° South, depth 35.14 km.
Event epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jayapura, Abepura (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 46 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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