A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Soe in Indonesia. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/07/15 / 2015-07-26 10:16:53 / July 26, 2015 @ 10:16 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38.87 km (24 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 124.6055 East, latitude -10.2464 South, depth = 38.87 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:16:53 / 6:16 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20003079. Unique identifier: us20003079.
Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Kefamenanu (c. 29 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Soe (c. 27 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kefamenanu, Soe (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 55 km SE of Soe, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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