A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Kairatu in Indonesia on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 128.468° East, latitude -3.3867° South, depth = 48.29 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 48.29 km (30 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:04:56 / 11:04 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/12/19 / 2019-12-06 14:04:56 / December 6, 2019 @ 2:04 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us60006r84. Unique identifier: us60006r84.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Amahai, Ambon (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 47 km (29 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 12 km ESE of Kairatu, Indonesia.
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