A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Piru in Indonesia. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000b1ip. Unique identifier: us2000b1ip. Exact location of earthquake, 127.6953° East, -3.0506° South, depth 46.98 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/10/17 / 2017-10-05 16:03:36 / October 5, 2017 @ 4:03 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 01:03:36 / 1:03 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 46.98 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ambon (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 55 km W of Piru, Indonesia.
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