A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Amahai in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:59:35 / 1:59 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qamm. Id of event: us7000qamm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.8044 East, latitude -3.5018 South, depth = 35.168 km. Global time and date of event 04/07/25 / 2025-07-04 13:59:35 / July 4, 2025 @ 1:59 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 35.168 km (22 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ambon, Amahai. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 22 km SW of Amahai, Indonesia.
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