A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Saparua in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.9713 East, latitude -3.7569 South, depth = 50.41 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/08/15 / 2015-08-17 07:17:19 / August 17, 2015 @ 7:17 am UTC/GMT. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:17:19 / 4:17 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 50.41 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us100032sg. Event ids that are associated: us100032sg. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ambon, Amahai.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 40 km ESE of Saparua, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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