A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Masohi in Indonesia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mty4. Id of event: us7000mty4. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 129.5444 East, latitude -2.8114 South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/06/24 / 2024-06-22 09:56:08 / June 22, 2024 @ 9:56 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:56:08 / 9:56 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Event epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Amahai.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 83 km NE of Masohi, Indonesia.
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