A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Amahai in Indonesia. All ids that are associated to the event: us60006c3i. Unique identifier: us60006c3i. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.18 km (23 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:47:57 / 9:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 128.8349° East, -3.1529° South, depth 37.18 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/11/19 / 2019-11-10 12:47:57 / November 10, 2019 @ 12:47 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Amahai.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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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. 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: 21 km NNW of Amahai, Indonesia.
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