Moderate mag. 5.1 earthquake - 123 km southwest of Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia, on Saturday, May 14, 2022 at 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.
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Date & time: May 14, 2022 02:25:18 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Saturday, May 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
Nearby towns and cities:
111 km (69 mi) SW of Abepura (pop: 62,200) --> See nearby quakes!
123 km (76 mi) SW of Jayapura (pop: 134,900) --> See nearby quakes!
175 km (109 mi) WSW of Vanimo (Sandaun, Papua New Guinea) (pop: 11,200) --> See nearby quakes!
283 km (176 mi) W of Aitape (Sandaun, Papua New Guinea) (pop: 5,550) --> See nearby quakes!
356 km (221 mi) WNW of Ambunti (East Sepik, Papua New Guinea) (pop: 2,070) --> See nearby quakes!
370 km (230 mi) NNW of Kiunga (North Fly, Western Province, Papua New Guinea) (pop: 11,500) --> See nearby quakes!
464 km (288 mi) NW of Tari (Papua New Guinea) (pop: 8,190) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Estimated released energy: 2.8 x 10¹² joules (783 megawatt hours, equivalent to 674 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy

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Based on its magnitude, the fault that was active during the quake ruptured along a surface of approx. 13 km² (=5 sqare miles) as a first-order estimate. The length of the rupture zone thus was probably around 6 km (4 mi).
Aftershocks typically occur during the days and weeks following the quake at or near the same fault, at distances of up to approx. two times the length of the rupture zone.
The often broadly linear arrangement of aftershock epicenters encompasses the rupture zone of the main shock (check on the map below to verify).