A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Ambon in Indonesia on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, 127.3822° East, -3.5853° South, depth 11.326 km. Id of earthquake: us7000mqak. Event ids that are associated: us7000mqak. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.326 km (7 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/06/24 / 2024-06-04 17:05:22 / June 4, 2024 @ 5:05 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 17:05:22 / 5:05 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ambon (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 89 km W of Ambon, Indonesia.
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