A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 109 kilometers (68 miles) from Saparua in Indonesia. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 48.36 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 48.36 km, 129.4178° East, -4.1964° South. Unique identifier: us20005ddt. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005ddt. The temblor was detected at 22:38:30 / 10:38 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/03/16 / 2016-03-30 13:38:30 / March 30, 2016 @ 1:38 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Amahai (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 110 km (68 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 109 km SE of Saparua, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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