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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Ambon in Indonesia

Posted by admin on November 28, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -6.1175S, 127.7053WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 272 km S of Ambon, Indonesia (169 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 404.616 km (251 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 28/11/25 / 2025-11-28 05:11:39 / November 28, 2025 @ 5:11 am UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:11:39 / 5:11 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000rea7. Event ids that are associated: us7000rea7. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.7053 East, latitude -6.1175 South, depth = 404.616 km.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 272 km S of Ambon, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.7053° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.1175° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 404.616 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 272 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 2025-11-28 05:11:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-28 05:41:35 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 271 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.703 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 63 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 us7000rea7 Id of event.
Event Code 7000rea7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000rea7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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