A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Amahusu in Indonesia on Thursday. Event id: us1000hh1y. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hh1y. Exact location, longitude 128.4153° East, latitude -4.4372° South, depth = 205.34 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 22:51:43 / 10:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/10/18 / 2018-10-25 13:51:43 / October 25, 2018 @ 1:51 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 205.34 km (128 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ambon. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 84 km SSE of Amahusu, Indonesia.
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