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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Abepura in Indonesia


Earthquake location -2.4409S, 139.906WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Abepura in Indonesia on Saturday. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/08/24 / 2024-08-17 16:58:19 / August 17, 2024 @ 4:58 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us7000n7mu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n7mu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.896 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 16:58:19 / 4:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 139.906° East, -2.4409° South, depth 11.896 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jayapura, Abepura (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 91 km (56 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 82 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 139.906° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.4409° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.896 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 82 km 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 2024-08-17 16:58:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-17 18:42:54 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 259 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 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.8 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 66 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 us7000n7mu Id of event.
Event Code 7000n7mu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n7mu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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