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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Jayapura in Indonesia


Earthquake location -2.4983S, 140.6813WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Jayapura in Indonesia on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 11:47:24 / 11:47 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000pi5d. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pi5d. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/01/25 / 2025-01-06 11:47:24 / January 6, 2025 @ 11:47 am. Exact location of earthquake, 140.6813° East, -2.4983° South, depth 20.37 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 20.37 km (13 miles).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vanimo, Vanimo, Abepura (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 6 km (4 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vanimo (c. 11 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Vanimo (c. 9 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 5 km NW of Jayapura, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 140.6813° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.4983° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20.37 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5 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 2025-01-06 11:47:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-30 07:36:09 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 271 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.027 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 121 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 us6000pi5d Id of event.
Event Code 6000pi5d An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pi5d, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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