A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 264 km E of Amahai, Indonesia (164 miles) on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, 131.2832° East, -3.5936° South, depth 35 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Amahai in Indonesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10008pm9. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008pm9. The temblor was detected at 18:02:28 / 6:02 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/05/17 / 2017-05-05 09:02:28 / May 5, 2017 @ 9:02 am.
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nineteen 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 264 km E of Amahai, Indonesia.
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