A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 104 kilometers (65 miles) from Amahai in Indonesia on Tuesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jnw3. Id of event: us2000jnw3. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 114.57 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 114.57 km, 129.5624° East, -4.0243° South. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/02/19 / 2019-02-26 12:15:10 / February 26, 2019 @ 12:15 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:15:10 / 9:15 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 104 km (65 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Amahai.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 104 km SE of Amahai, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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