A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Amahai in Indonesia. The temblor was reported at 07:27:32 / 7:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 129.4576° East, -3.917° South. A tsunami warning has been issued near Amahai in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/05/16 / 2016-05-30 22:27:32 / May 30, 2016 @ 10:27 pm. Unique identifier: us20005z9v. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005z9v.
Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (54 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Amahai.
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 sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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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: 88 km SE of Amahai, Indonesia.
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