A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Ambon in Indonesia on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/09/25 / 2025-09-17 13:11:55 / September 17, 2025 @ 1:11 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 128.1923° East, -2.9333° South, depth 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000qwnw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qwnw. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:11:55 / 1:11 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Amahai, Ambon. Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Ambon (c. 355 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Amahai (c. 47 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 84 km N of Ambon, Indonesia.
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