A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Leof in Indonesia. Exact location, longitude 125.1977° East, latitude -9.6048° South, depth = 62.07 km. Unique identifier: us10002lyn. Ids that are associated to the event: us10002lyn. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 62.07 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 15/06/15 / 2015-06-15 23:14:32 / June 15, 2015 @ 11:14 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:14:32 / 7:14 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Same, Kefamenanu, Ainaro. Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Same (c. 25 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Maliana (c. 22 000 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Suai (c. 21 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Ainaro (c. 12 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 63 km E of Leof, Indonesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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