A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Amahai in Indonesia. Exact location of event, depth 19.85 km, 129.6401° East, -2.8692° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000jayg. Event ids that are associated: us1000jayg. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/03/19 / 2019-03-05 20:09:35 / March 5, 2019 @ 8:09 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.85 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:09:35 / 5:09 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Amahai. Epicenter of the event was 96 km (59 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 95 km ENE of Amahai, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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