A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Amahai in Indonesia. The temblor was picked up at 23:56:01 / 11:56 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 134.49 km, 129.0251° East, -4.0976° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 134.49 km (84 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us7000crak. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000crak. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/12/20 / 2020-12-10 23:56:01 / December 10, 2020 @ 11:56 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Amahai (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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