A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Amahai in Indonesia. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000dgx2. Unique identifier: us7000dgx2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/03/21 / 2021-03-07 17:13:48 / March 7, 2021 @ 5:13 pm. The temblor was detected at 17:13:48 / 5:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 129.495° East, -2.8474° South, depth 36.05 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.05 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Amahai (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 83 km NE of Amahai, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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