A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Ambon in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.8568 East, latitude -3.6599 South, depth = 86.301 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 86.301 km (54 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/08/24 / 2024-08-31 06:34:21 / August 31, 2024 @ 6:34 am UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:34:21 / 6:34 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000ngee. Unique identifier: us7000ngee.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ambon. Earthquake epicenter was 36 km (23 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 36 km W of Ambon, Indonesia.
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