Significant earthquake of magnitude 5.1 just reported 123 km southwest of Jayapura, Indonesia

Sat, 14 May 2022, 02:43

02:43 AM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

5.1 quake 14 May 11:25 am (GMT +9)

The United States Geological Survey reported a magnitude 5.1 quake in Indonesia near Jayapura, Papua, only 17 minutes ago. The earthquake hit in the morning on Saturday, May 14th, 2022, at 11:25 am local time at a moderately shallow depth of 66.1 km. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) which listed the quake at magnitude 4.9. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 4.9, and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) at magnitude 5.2.

Generally quakes of this magnitude are recorded by more than one agency and the results can vary, with subsequent reports that come in after the first one often showing more accuracy.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Abepura (pop. 62,200) located 111 km from the epicenter, and Jayapura (pop. 134,900) 123 km away.
VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you're in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.

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Date & time: May 14, 2022 11:25 am (GMT +9) local time (14 May 2022 02:25 GMT)
Magnitude: 5.1
Depth: 66.1 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 3.14°S / 139.8°E

(Papua, Indonesia)
Primary data source: USGS

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