A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Ambon in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/06/24 / 2024-06-09 23:39:07 / June 9, 2024 @ 11:39 pm. Exact location, longitude 127.7875° East, latitude -2.9977° South, depth = 42.218 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:39:07 / 11:39 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 42.218 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000mreb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mreb.
Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ambon (min 5000 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 three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 88 km NNW of Ambon, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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