A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Masohi in Indonesia on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 128.5161° East, -2.7321° South. The temblor was reported at 02:15:06 / 2:15 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nvh6. Unique identifier: us7000nvh6. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/11/24 / 2024-11-16 02:15:06 / November 16, 2024 @ 2:15 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Amahai (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 80 km NW of Masohi, Indonesia.
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