A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Saparua in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 17/11/19 / 2019-11-17 19:36:44 / November 17, 2019 @ 7:36 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:36:44 / 4:36 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000697u. Unique identifier: us7000697u. Exact location of event, longitude 128.8731 East, latitude -3.7958 South, depth = 38.45 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38.45 km (24 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ambon, Amahai (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-seven 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 35 km SE of Saparua, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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