A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Amahusu in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 53.66 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000izzc. Unique identifier: us2000izzc. The temblor was reported at 13:21:24 / 1:21 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/01/19 / 2019-01-03 04:21:24 / January 3, 2019 @ 4:21 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.7607 East, latitude -3.8685 South, depth = 53.66 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ambon (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 45 km WSW of Amahusu, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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