A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 109 kilometers (68 miles) from Amahai in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:14:05 / 11:14 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 129.5859 East, latitude -4.059 South, depth = 35 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/12/15 / 2015-12-09 14:14:05 / December 9, 2015 @ 2:14 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us20004fvt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004fvt.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Amahai (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 109 km (68 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 109 km SE of Amahai, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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