A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 289 km S of Ambon, Indonesia (180 miles) on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 16:19:41 / 4:19 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 128.4166° East, -6.3025° South, depth 334.657 km. Unique identifier: us7000myma. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000myma. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/07/24 / 2024-07-11 16:19:41 / July 11, 2024 @ 4:19 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 334.657 km (208 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 289 km S of Ambon, Indonesia.
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