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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Ambon in Indonesia

Posted by admin on August 4, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -5.9282S, 127.9962WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 247 km S of Ambon, Indonesia (153 miles). Unique identifier: us6000qy15. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qy15. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.9962 East, latitude -5.9282 South, depth = 389.891 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 389.891 km (242 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/08/25 / 2025-08-04 10:48:18 / August 4, 2025 @ 10:48 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:48:18 / 10:48 am (local time epicenter).

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. 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 fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. 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: 247 km S of Ambon, Indonesia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.9962° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.9282° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 389.891 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 247 km S of Ambon, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-08-04 10:48:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-04 13:14:32 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 284 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 45 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.187 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 38 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000qy15 Id of event.
Event Code 6000qy15 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qy15, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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