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Hinekombe, Sentani, Kabupaten Jayapura, Papua, Ind / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 2-5 s : It felt like a slight swinging or swaying. The sleeping dog in the room didn't seem to notice.
Light mag. 4.6 earthquake - Papua New Guinea, 124 km south of Noordwijk, Papua, Indonesia, on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 4:11 pm (GMT +9) -
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Light magnitude 4.6 earthquake at 108 km depth
17 May 07:21 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 10 minutes.
17 May 07:28: Magnitude recalculated from 4.8 to 4.6. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 112.0 to 108.0 km (from 70 to 67 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 29 km (18 mi) towards WNW.
17 May 07:28: Now using data updates from USGS
17 May 07:28: Magnitude recalculated from 4.8 to 4.6. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 112.0 to 108.0 km (from 70 to 67 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 29 km (18 mi) towards WNW.
17 May 07:28: Now using data updates from USGS
Update Tue, 17 May 2022, 07:33
Moderate earthquake of magnitude 4.6 just reported 115 km southwest of Abepura, Papua New Guinea4.6 quake 17 May 4:11 pm (GMT +9)
Just 22 minutes ago, a 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Abepura, Papua, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded in the afternoon on Tuesday, May 17th, 2022, at 4:11 pm local time, at an intermediate depth of 108.2 km below the surface.
The event was filed by the United States Geological Survey, the first seismological agency to report it.
A second report was later issued by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), which listed it as a magnitude 4.6 earthquake as well. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 4.6, and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) at magnitude 4.6.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Abepura (pop. 62,200) located 115 km from the epicenter.
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.
The event was filed by the United States Geological Survey, the first seismological agency to report it.
A second report was later issued by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), which listed it as a magnitude 4.6 earthquake as well. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 4.6, and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) at magnitude 4.6.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Abepura (pop. 62,200) located 115 km from the epicenter.
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.
Earthquake data
Earthquake details
| Date & time | May 17, 2022 07:11:30 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 4:11 pm (GMT +9) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4.6 |
| Depth | 108.2 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 3.5657°S / 140.2848°E  (Papua, Papua New Guinea) |
| Antipode | 3.566°N / 39.715°W |
| Shaking intensity | Very weak shaking |
| Felt | 1 report |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 115 km (71 mi) SSW of Abepura (Indonesia) (pop: 62,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 124 km (77 mi) SSW of Noordwijk (Indonesia) (pop: 134,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 150 km (93 mi) SW of Vanimo (Sandaun) (pop: 11,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 234 km (145 mi) WSW of Aitape (Sandaun) (pop: 5,550) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 305 km (190 mi) NNW of Kiunga (North Fly, Western Province) (pop: 11,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 372 km (231 mi) W of Wewak (East Sepik) (pop: 18,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 392 km (244 mi) NW of Tari (pop: 8,190) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 471 km (293 mi) NW of Mendi (Southern Highlands) (pop: 26,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Light Rain  29.1°C (84 F), humidity: 61%, wind: 1 m/s (2 kts) from ESE |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 5 x 1011 joules (139 megawatt hours, equivalent to 120 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.6 | 108 km | 113 Km SSW of Abepura, Indonesia | USGS |
| 4.6 | 92 km | PAPUA, INDONESIA | EMSC |
| 4.6 | 108 km | Irian Jaya, Indonesia | RaspberryShake |
| 4.6 | 103 km | Irian Jaya, Indonesia | GFZ |
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