A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Amahai in Indonesia. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000iuhd. Unique identifier: us2000iuhd. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 41.82 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 129.3954 East, latitude -3.5516 South, depth = 41.82 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 03:48:10 / 3:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/12/18 / 2018-12-17 18:48:10 / December 17, 2018 @ 6:48 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter 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 three and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 58 km ESE of Amahai, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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