Strong earthquake recorded.
No news about it as of yet. I don't know if this is near a populated area
A 5.2 occurred 9 hours ago
M7.1 - PAPUA, INDONESIA
Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 7.1
Date-Time
6 Apr 2013 04:42:36 UTC
6 Apr 2013 13:42:37 near epicenter
5 Apr 2013 20:42:36 standard time in your timezone
Location 3.532S 138.455E
Depth 75 km
Distances
237 km (146 mi) E of Enarotali, Indonesia
256 km (158 mi) WSW of Abepura, Indonesia
272 km (168 mi) WSW of Jayapura, Indonesia
330 km (204 mi) E of Nabire, Indonesia
1165 km (722 mi) WNW of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 13.9 km; Vertical 9.2 km
Parameters Nph = 121; Dmin = 693.1 km; Rmss = 0.63 seconds; Gp = 15°
Version = 9
Event ID us b000g13s
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Nearby Cities
237km (147mi) E of Enarotali, Indonesia
256km (159mi) WSW of Abepura, Indonesia
272km (169mi) WSW of Jayapura, Indonesia
330km (205mi) E of Nabire, Indonesia
1165km (724mi) WNW of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
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