Quake Info: Moderate Mag. 5.1 Earthquake

America Geological Survey reported a magnitude 5.1 quake in Indonesia close to Jayapura, Papua, solely 17 minutes in the past. The earthquake hit within the morning on Saturday, Could 14th, 2022, at 11:25 am native time at a reasonably shallow depth of 66.1 km. The precise magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake is perhaps revised inside the subsequent few hours or minutes as seismologists overview information and refine their calculations, or as different companies subject their report.
Our monitoring service recognized a second report from the German Analysis Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) which listed the quake at magnitude 4.9. Different companies reporting the identical quake embody the citizen-seismograph community of RaspberryShake at magnitude 4.9, and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) at magnitude 5.2.
Typically quakes of this magnitude are recorded by a couple of company and the outcomes can range, with subsequent stories that are available after the primary one typically exhibiting extra accuracy.
Primarily based on the preliminary seismic information, the quake mustn’t have triggered any vital injury, however was most likely felt by many individuals as gentle vibration within the space of the epicenter.
Weak shaking may need been felt in Abepura (pop. 62,200) situated 111 km from the epicenter, and Jayapura (pop. 134,900) 123 km away.
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Date & time: Could 14, 2022 02:25:18 UTC –
Native time at epicenter: Saturday, Could 14, 2022 at 11:25 am (GMT +9)
Magnitude: 5.1
Depth: 66.1 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 3.1444°S / 139.7989°E (Papua, Indonesia)
Antipode: 3.144°N / 40.201°W

Close by cities and cities:
111 km (69 mi) SW of Abepura (pop: 62,200) –> See close by quakes!
123 km (76 mi) SW of Jayapura (pop: 134,900) –> See close by quakes!
175 km (109 mi) WSW of Vanimo (Sandaun, Papua New Guinea) (pop: 11,200) –> See close by quakes!
283 km (176 mi) W of Aitape (Sandaun, Papua New Guinea) (pop: 5,550) –> See close by quakes!
356 km (221 mi) WNW of Ambunti (East Sepik, Papua New Guinea) (pop: 2,070) –> See close by quakes!
370 km (230 mi) NNW of Kiunga (North Fly, Western Province, Papua New Guinea) (pop: 11,500) –> See close by quakes!
464 km (288 mi) NW of Tari (Papua New Guinea) (pop: 8,190) –> See close by quakes!

Main information supply: USGS (United States Geological Survey)

Estimated launched vitality: 2.8 x 10¹² joules (783 megawatt hours, equal to 674 tons of TNT) | about seismic vitality

Primarily based on its magnitude, the fault that was energetic throughout the quake ruptured alongside a floor of approx. 13 km² (=5 sqare miles) as a first-order estimate. The size of the rupture zone thus was most likely round 6 km (4 mi).
Aftershocks sometimes happen throughout the days and weeks following the quake at or close to the identical fault, at distances of as much as approx. two instances the size of the rupture zone.
The usually broadly linear association of aftershock epicenters encompasses the rupture zone of the primary shock (verify on the map beneath to confirm).

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