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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Ambon in Indonesia


Earthquake location -4.0566S, 127.6643WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Ambon in Indonesia. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/01/21 / 2021-01-12 03:46:38 / January 12, 2021 @ 3:46 am. Id of earthquake: us6000d7mw. Event ids that are associated: us6000d7mw. Exact location of event, depth 202 km, 127.6643° East, -4.0566° South. The temblor was picked up at 03:46:38 / 3:46 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 202 km (126 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ambon (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. 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: 70 km SW of Ambon, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.6643° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -4.0566° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 202 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 70 km SW of Ambon, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-12 03:46:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-12 04:03:59 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 326 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 9.379 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 148 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000d7mw Id of event.
Event Code 6000d7mw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000d7mw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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