A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Pelau in Indonesia. Global time and date of event 26/09/19 / 2019-09-26 00:15:10 / September 26, 2019 @ 12:15 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 09:15:10 / 9:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 128.4487° East, -3.4382° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us70005rzd. Event ids that are associated: us70005rzd.
The epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Amahai, Ambon. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km NNW of Pelau, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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