A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Piru in Indonesia. All ids that are associated to the event: us70004pdb. Unique identifier: us70004pdb. 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: 19/07/19 / 2019-07-19 21:24:31 / July 19, 2019 @ 9:24 pm. The temblor was reported at 06:24:31 / 6:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 128.2103° East, -2.825° South. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 97 km (60 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop), 97 km (61 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Amahai, Ambon.
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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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 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: 26 km N of Piru, Indonesia.
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