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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 46 km NW of Jayapura, Indonesia


Earthquake location -2.2241S, 140.4335WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Jayapura in Indonesia on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 21.962 km (14 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/11/24 / 2024-11-03 10:10:20 / November 3, 2024 @ 10:10 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000p6ks. Unique identifier: us6000p6ks. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 10:10:20 / 10:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 21.962 km, 140.4335° East, -2.2241° South.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 47 km (29 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abepura, Jayapura.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. 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: 46 km NW of Jayapura, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 140.4335° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.2241° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21.962 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46 km NW of Jayapura, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-03 10:10:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-22 09:12:11 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 12 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.395 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.48 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 203 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 us6000p6ks Id of event.
Event Code 6000p6ks An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000p6ks, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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