A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Hila in Indonesia. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/10/17 / 2017-10-31 13:42:29 / October 31, 2017 @ 1:42 pm. Exact location, longitude 127.6954° East, latitude -3.8236° South, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Hila in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000az0u. Id of event: us1000az0u. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:42:29 / 10:42 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ambon.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 51 km WSW of Hila, Indonesia.
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