A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Ambon in Indonesia on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 127.364 km (79 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/12/24 / 2024-12-17 04:31:57 / December 17, 2024 @ 4:31 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.4863 East, latitude -3.885 South, depth = 127.364 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 04:31:57 / 4:31 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000phfv. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000phfv.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Amahai, Ambon.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 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: 39 km ESE of Ambon, Indonesia.
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