A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Amahai in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us200066hj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200066hj. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 38.09 km (24 miles). The temblor was detected at 01:38:23 / 1:38 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/06/16 / 2016-06-19 16:38:23 / June 19, 2016 @ 4:38 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 129.3608° East, -3.0277° South, depth 38.09 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Amahai (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 59 km NE of Amahai, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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