A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Amahai in Indonesia on Monday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002xd9. Id of event: us10002xd9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 70.8 km (44 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:31:36 / 8:31 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/08/15 / 2015-08-02 23:31:36 / August 2, 2015 @ 11:31 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 128.7793 East, latitude -3.275 South, depth = 70.8 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ambon, Amahai (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 16 km WNW of Amahai, Indonesia.
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