A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Amahai in Indonesia. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/06/25 / 2025-06-22 09:31:22 / June 22, 2025 @ 9:31 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.01 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:31:22 / 9:31 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000qlrk. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qlrk. Exact location of event, longitude 128.7004 East, latitude -3.4731 South, depth = 35.01 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ambon, Amahai.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km WSW of Amahai, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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