A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Amahusu in Indonesia on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude 127.8649 East, latitude -3.7846 South, depth = 51.91 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.91 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/10/17 / 2017-10-31 18:56:38 / October 31, 2017 @ 6:56 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 03:56:38 / 3:56 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000az8h. Unique identifier: us1000az8h.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ambon. Epicenter of the earthquake was 36 km (23 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 31 km WSW of Amahusu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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