A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Amahai in Indonesia. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:57:54 / 5:57 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/03/20 / 2020-03-29 20:57:54 / March 29, 2020 @ 8:57 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008iet. Id of event: us70008iet. Exact location, longitude 129.7031° East, latitude -3.1153° South, depth = 10 km.
The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Amahai (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 90 km ENE of Amahai, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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