A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Amahai in Indonesia on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 128.9384° East, -3.1827° South. The temblor was detected at 08:09:47 / 8:09 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20005zkn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005zkn. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/05/16 / 2016-05-26 23:09:47 / May 26, 2016 @ 11:09 pm.
Event epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Amahai (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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 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: 16 km N of Amahai, Indonesia.
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