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Light earthquake 4.8 mag, 27 km NNE of Ambon, Indonesia


Earthquake location -3.455S, 128.2527WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Ambon in Indonesia on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 97.125 km, 128.2527° East, -3.455° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/06/24 / 2024-06-07 00:46:50 / June 7, 2024 @ 12:46 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 97.125 km (60 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 00:46:50 / 12:46 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000mqv5. Event ids that are associated: us7000mqv5.

Event epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Amahai, Ambon (min 5000 pop).

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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 27 km NNE of Ambon, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.2527° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.455° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 97.125 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27 km NNE 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 2024-06-07 00:46:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-07 01:04:42 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 354 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 40 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.959 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 55 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 us7000mqv5 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mqv5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mqv5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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