A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Amahusu in Indonesia on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/01/19 / 2019-01-06 06:16:01 / January 6, 2019 @ 6:16 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 102.05 km (63 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.0049 East, latitude -3.7776 South, depth = 102.05 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000j7vr. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j7vr. The temblor was picked up at 15:16:01 / 3:16 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 22 km (13 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ambon (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 16 km WSW of Amahusu, Indonesia.
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