A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Amahusu in Indonesia. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:15:35 / 4:15 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10006sxd. Unique identifier: us10006sxd. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/09/16 / 2016-09-26 19:15:35 / September 26, 2016 @ 7:15 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 187.86 km (117 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 128.3875 East, latitude -4.2828 South, depth = 187.86 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ambon. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight 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.
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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: 67 km SSE of Amahusu, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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