A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Namlea in Indonesia on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, 127.3025° East, -3.4142° South, depth 78.34 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/04/19 / 2019-04-21 08:21:47 / April 21, 2019 @ 8:21 am. The temblor was picked up at 17:21:47 / 5:21 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700039xu. Id of event: us700039xu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 78.34 km (49 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ambon (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 102 km (64 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 28 km SE of Namlea, Indonesia.
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