A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Amahai in Indonesia. The temblor was reported at 10:00:51 / 10:00 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59.05 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/04/17 / 2017-04-12 01:00:51 / April 12, 2017 @ 1:00 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us10008gub. Unique identifier: us10008gub. Exact location of event, longitude 129.5933 East, latitude -3.052 South, depth = 59.05 km.
Epicenter of the event was 81 km (51 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Amahai (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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: 81 km ENE of Amahai, Indonesia.
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