A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Amahai in Indonesia on Tuesday. Unique identifier: us60004xb3. Ids that are associated to the event: us60004xb3. The temblor was picked up at 17:19:39 / 5:19 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.33 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 129.3624° East, -3.0067° South, depth 10.33 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 30/07/19 / 2019-07-30 08:19:39 / July 30, 2019 @ 8:19 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Amahai. Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 61 km NE of Amahai, Indonesia.
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