A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Hila in Indonesia. The temblor was picked up at 23:18:01 / 11:18 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us200041xb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200041xb. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.8573 East, latitude -3.4164 South, depth = 66.49 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 66.49 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/11/15 / 2015-11-04 14:18:01 / November 4, 2015 @ 2:18 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ambon. Close 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 31 km NW of Hila, Indonesia.
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