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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Abepura in Indonesia


Earthquake location -2.6985S, 140.16WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Abepura in Indonesia. Exact location of event, longitude 140.16 East, latitude -2.6985 South, depth = 34.97 km. The temblor was reported at 16:00:08 / 4:00 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 34.97 km (22 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/11/19 / 2019-11-04 07:00:08 / November 4, 2019 @ 7:00 am. Event id: us700062tf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700062tf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jayapura, Abepura (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).

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

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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. 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: 47 km W of Abepura, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 140.16° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.6985° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.97 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47km W 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 2019-11-04 07:00:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-04 08:45:33 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 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 298 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 13.469 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.42 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 81 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 us700062tf Id of event.
Event Code 700062tf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us700062tf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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