A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Hila in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, 127.9037° East, -3.2931° South, depth 64.45 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/01/20 / 2020-01-25 00:38:24 / January 25, 2020 @ 12:38 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us60007fb1. Event ids that are associated: us60007fb1. The temblor was reported at 09:38:24 / 9:38 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64.45 km (40 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ambon. Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 37 km NNW of Hila, Indonesia.
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