A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Amahusu in Indonesia. 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 225.9 km (140 miles). The temblor was picked up at 23:28:49 / 11:28 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003pby. Id of event: us20003pby. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/09/15 / 2015-09-26 14:28:49 / September 26, 2015 @ 2:28 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 127.5863 East, latitude -4.0748 South, depth = 225.9 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ambon (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 73 km WSW of Amahusu, Indonesia.
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