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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Ambon in Indonesia

Posted by admin on March 14, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -4.0788S, 127.6318WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Ambon in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 251.283 km (156 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:01:40 / 12:01 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pym5. Unique identifier: us6000pym5. Exact location of event, longitude 127.6318 East, latitude -4.0788 South, depth = 251.283 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/03/25 / 2025-03-05 00:01:40 / March 5, 2025 @ 12:01 am.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ambon (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 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: 74 km SW of Ambon, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.6318° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -4.0788° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 251.283 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 74 km SW 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 2025-03-05 00:01:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-14 04:13:04 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 271 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 4.75 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 94 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 us6000pym5 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pym5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pym5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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