A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Kefamenanu in Indonesia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 124.1259 East, latitude -9.0799 South, depth = 103.96 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/06/15 / 2015-06-19 01:59:29 / June 19, 2015 @ 1:59 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 103.96 km (65 miles). Unique identifier: us10002n95. Ids that are associated to the event: us10002n95. The temblor was reported at 09:59:29 / 9:59 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Atambua (c. 35 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Pante Makasar (c. 4 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), East Timor (c. 1 155 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Soe, Atambua, Kefamenanu (min 5000 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 56 km NW of Kefamenanu, Indonesia.
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