A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Namlea in Indonesia on Saturday. Unique identifier: us10006ddp. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006ddp. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/08/16 / 2016-08-12 18:38:42 / August 12, 2016 @ 6:38 pm. The temblor was reported at 03:38:42 / 3:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.3187 East, latitude -3.38 South, depth = 64.41 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64.41 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has been issued near Namlea in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ambon. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 102 km (63 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 27 km ESE of Namlea, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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