A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Ambon in Indonesia on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 09:35:18 / 9:35 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/09/20 / 2020-09-24 09:35:18 / September 24, 2020 @ 9:35 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 128.4742° East, -3.6252° South. Unique identifier: us6000c0gd. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000c0gd. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Amahai, Ambon. Epicenter of the earthquake was 33 km (21 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
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-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 33 km ENE of Ambon, Indonesia.
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