A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Hila in Indonesia. Event id: us1000ayz3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ayz3. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.3 km (17 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.7212 East, latitude -3.7973 South, depth = 27.3 km. The 5.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:31:42 / 8:31 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Hila in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 31/10/17 / 2017-10-31 11:31:42 / October 31, 2017 @ 11:31 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ambon (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 52 km (32 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 47 km WSW of Hila, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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