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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Ambon in Indonesia


Earthquake location -2.8998S, 128.0094WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Ambon in Indonesia on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 24.458 km, 128.0094° East, -2.8998° South. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/10/24 / 2024-10-29 08:27:42 / October 29, 2024 @ 8:27 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.458 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000ns0r. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ns0r. The temblor was reported at 08:27:42 / 8:27 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ambon (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 90 km NNW of Ambon, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 128.0094° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.8998° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 24.458 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 90 km NNW 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 2024-10-29 08:27:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-28 07:43:14 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 259 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.485 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 91 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 us7000ns0r Id of event.
Event Code 7000ns0r An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ns0r, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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