A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Amahusu in Indonesia. Id of earthquake: us100031y9. Event ids that are associated: us100031y9. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/07/15 / 2015-07-25 03:43:22 / July 25, 2015 @ 3:43 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 12:43:22 / 12:43 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 80.16 km (50 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.17 East, latitude -3.8049 South, depth = 80.16 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ambon. Epicenter of the event was 12 km (8 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 9 km SSE of Amahusu, Indonesia.
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