Moderate magnitude 4.3 quake hits 69 km northwest of Abepura, Indonesia in the morning

mer., 5 mai 2021, 22:40

22:40 PM | AUTEUR : EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

4.3 quake 6 May 7:27 am (GMT +9)

Just 12 minutes ago, a 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck near Abepura, Papua, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded in the morning on Thursday 6 May 2021 at 7:27 am local time, at a shallow depth of 10 km below the surface.
The event was filed by Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, the first seismological agency to report it.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) which listed the quake at magnitude 4.3 as well.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Abepura (pop. 62,200) located 69 km from the epicenter, and Jayapura (pop. 134,900) 73 km away.
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Earthquake data:

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Date & heure: 6 May 7:27 am (GMT +9) local time (5 May 2021 22:27 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.3
Profondeur: 10.0 km
Épicentre latitude / longitude: 2.22°S / 140.14°E

(South Pacific Ocean, Indonesia)
Source de données principale: BMKG

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