A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Ambon in Indonesia on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.4322 East, latitude -4.0117 South, depth = 194.638 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/05/24 / 2024-05-16 20:01:34 / May 16, 2024 @ 8:01 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 20:01:34 / 8:01 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000n0hc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n0hc. The epicenter was at a depth of 194.638 km (121 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ambon (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 90 km WSW of Ambon, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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