A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Abepura in Indonesia on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, 140.1587° East, -2.4613° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000jlqk. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000jlqk. The temblor was detected at 00:11:49 / 12:11 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/03/19 / 2019-03-17 15:11:49 / March 17, 2019 @ 3:11 pm.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jayapura, Abepura. Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 50 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia.
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