A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Amahai in Indonesia on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Amahai in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/12/16 / 2016-12-07 13:42:38 / December 7, 2016 @ 1:42 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 22:42:38 / 10:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.8596 East, latitude -2.9887 South, depth = 40.63 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.63 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10007gmd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007gmd.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ambon, Amahai (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 109 km (68 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 38 km N of Amahai, Indonesia.
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