A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Amahai in Indonesia on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, 128.862° East, -3.2312° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/04/20 / 2020-04-14 15:10:18 / April 14, 2020 @ 3:10 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:10:18 / 12:10 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us70008w1c. Event ids that are associated: us70008w1c.
Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop), 14 km (8 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ambon, Amahai (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km NNW of Amahai, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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