A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Abepura in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.02 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 02:27:46 / 2:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 140.3409° East, latitude -2.4456° South, depth = 26.02 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/10/19 / 2019-10-26 17:27:46 / October 26, 2019 @ 5:27 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700062yu. Id of event: us700062yu.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jayapura, Abepura. Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (27 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 34 km NW of Abepura, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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