Light mag. 3.4 earthquake - 57 km northwest of Amahai, Maluku, Indonesia, on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 12:22 am (GMT +9) -
Light magnitude 3.4 earthquake at 13 km depth
16 May 15:31 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 9 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | May 16, 2022 15:22:21 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 12:22 am (GMT +9) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3.4 |
| Depth | 13.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 2.87°S / 128.72°E  (Maluku, Indonesia) |
| Antipode | 2.87°N / 51.28°W |
| Shaking intensity | Weak shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre) |
| Nearest volcano | Banda Api (224 km / 139 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 57 km (35 mi) NNW of Amahai (pop: 47,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 109 km (68 mi) NNE of Ambon City (pop: 355,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Few Clouds  26.6°C (80 F), humidity: 85%, wind: 1 m/s (2 kts) from SSE |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 7.9 x 109 joules (2.21 megawatt hours, equivalent to 1.9 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.4 | 13 km | CERAM SEA, INDONESIA | EMSC |
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