What the records say
- When
- 25 Sep 2019
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.5
- Where
- Indonesia
- Coordinates
- 3.45° S, 128.35° E
- Deaths
- 31
- Injuries
- 179
- Depth km
- 18
2019 Ambon earthquake
Earthquake affecting Maluku, Indonesia
On 26 September 2019, a strong magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Seram Island in Maluku, Indonesia, near the provincial capital of Ambon. The earthquake struck at 07:46:44 Eastern Indonesia Time with a shallow depth of 18 km. The tremor could be felt throughout the island, with an intensity of very strong (VII) reportedly felt in the provincial capital of Ambon.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck the island of Ambon, killing 41 and injuring thousands”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page