A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Namlea in Indonesia. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:11:22 / 8:11 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000jn9d. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jn9d. Exact location of earthquake, 127.4232° East, -3.6786° South, depth 35 km. Global time and date of event 04/02/19 / 2019-02-04 11:11:22 / February 4, 2019 @ 11:11 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ambon (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 58 km SE of Namlea, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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